from the heart broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . on today's show, there's just 24 days now to go until the general election. i know you're counting them off now. rishi sunak has said he won't quit after his d—day debacle. >> labour want free breakfast for school kids and reform, want to slash taxes and liberal democrats , well, they want to democrats, well, they want to rejoin the single market. >> we'll have all the latest from the campaign trail and the results are in for the european union elections. and we've seen an historic backlash against brussels with the surge in votes for parties who want stricter immigration controls and kickbacks against net zero taxes. with snap general elections called in france, belgium and possibly even germany . is belgium and possibly even germany. is the belgium and possibly even germany . is the writing belgium and possibly even germany. is the writing on belgium and possibly even germany . is the writing on the germany. is the writing on the wall for the european union project .7 and ten years on from project? and ten years on from the untimely death of the genius rik mayall, we look back on the staggering work and legacy of an irreplaceable, much missed comedy legend . and that's all

comedy legend. and that's all coming up in your next hour. well, it's the show. always a delight to have your company. five years ago today i was elected as an mep. i was dispatched to brussels to try and get brexit done. we just about did it, but now the spirit of brexit is very much alive and kicking in the air. bedlam in brussels last night, a massive kickback against european project open borders. people have had enough net zero, people have had enough net zero, people have had enough net zero, people have had enough. there's been a massive working class backlash. the dust settles on an historic night. i'll look ahead to what it means for the future of the european project. do you think it's over for brussels? is it? sayonara, strasbourg. bye bye, brussels. let me know your thoughts. all the usual ways to get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we kick off the rest of the

show, it's your headlines with radisson. >> thanks, martin. 3:02. our top stories . this hour. two boys stories. this hour. two boys have become the youngest convicted murderers in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, were found guilty of killing two year old james bulger in 1993. the 12 year olds were found guilty of murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park. they stabbed 19 year old sean c zahawi through the heart in november last year. the jury's decision to convict was unanimous . well, the prime unanimous. well, the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of this campaign. it comes carry on until the last day of this campaign . it comes after this campaign. it comes after the pm kept a low profile over the pm kept a low profile over the weekend , avoiding questions the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours

increased that he may step down. now he's vowing that he will not stop fighting for the future of our country . our country. >> i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country. this campaign is only not even halfway through yet, and i'm finding enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock, plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxes for people , these are cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day, the prime minister is promising to recruit 8000 new neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories are re—elected. >> rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students. however, labouris for overseas students. however, labour is calling it another empty promise from a, quote,

desperate conservative party policing minister chris philp, though, says the tories aim to build on their recent recruitment . recruitment. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers. we've already got . those extra 8000 already got. those extra 8000 officers will be dedicated to neighbourhood policing. that means patrolling your local high street, patrolling the areas where where you and me and our your listeners and viewers live visibly patrolling , catching visibly patrolling, catching criminals, preventing crime, reassuring the public. >> labour's promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools, part of a new childcare plan that they say will save parents over £400 a year. they're they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days worth of school absences for parents who already pay for pre—school childcare. labour's funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50 a week, delivering savings of almost £2,000 across a school year.

labour leader sir keir starmer is insisting the policy will help parents, as any parent with young children will tell you , young children will tell you, childcare and nursery places are really essential . really essential. >> they're so good for children in their development and making sure that when they arrive at primary school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market. so very good. also for the economy and our scheme is fully funded, fully costed , but also fully planned, costed, but also fully planned, so it'll be wrapped around primary schools . primary schools. >> lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of his campaign. sir ed spoke about his campaign. sir ed spoke about his own experiences caring for his own experiences caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said his experience and the experience of other carers are exhausting sometimes, but also full of love, and these are the experiences that we must bnng the experiences that we must bring out of the shadows, because the truth is that unless

we properly value care for unless we properly support carers , we will never be able to carers, we will never be able to fix the crisis in our nhs or get our economy back on track . our economy back on track. reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election campaign plans include raising the personal tax threshold to £20,000, abolishing ir35 for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to £150,000. local media reports suggest that doctor michael moseley died from natural causes , after the body of the tv doctor was found on a greek island . the 67 year old went island. the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the island of symi on wednesday. he appeared to have taken the wrong route back to his hotel and collapsed , back to his hotel and collapsed, where he couldn't be easily seen by emergency search teams . and

by emergency search teams. and finally, the prince of wales has wished the england football team good luck for their euro 2024 bid. during a visit to saint george's park in burton upon trent. william shared advice from prince louis to quote eat twice the amount during the tournament. the president of the fa also presented shirts to the 26 players taking part. the euros kick off this friday, with scotland taking on germany in munich . for the latest stories, munich. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code. it's on your screen right now or go to gbnews.com/alerts. back now . gbnews.com/alerts. back now. >> thank you. right now i've got to say i've been looking forward to say i've been looking forward to this show all weekend. let's get straight stuck, straight into it now. the shadow paymaster general, jonathan ashworth, is talking about tory claims that its plan to tighten sickness benefit rules would

eventually save £12 billion a yeah eventually save £12 billion a year. let's have a little listen in. >> the treasury suggested this change would cost 10 million a yearin change would cost 10 million a year in additional administration costs . the administration costs. the money's not there . fourthly, on money's not there. fourthly, on mental health increased funding for talking therapies was announced in the 2023 autumn statement and again, not only has the impact of this being baked in by the obr, they were clear that the savings did not outweigh the costs . the tories outweigh the costs. the tories have announced more money for the same scheme and the same will be true again . the money's will be true again. the money's not there. fifth, on the acceleration of legacy benefits migrating to universal credit in autumn 2022, the treasury and the obr said the government would save money by delaying the migration to universal credit. now the tories are saying they can save money by accelerating

the migration to universal credit. it's desperate . they're credit. it's desperate. they're making it up as they go along. the money's not there. six the tories have offered have not offered any reform to personal independence payments. they have simply said they will look at the options. they can't save money when they haven't even identified what what they are committing to. this isn't a credible plan. it's more like a wing and a prayer. yes yes, the money is not there. finally they claim they will tackle benefit fraud. let me take you through the numbers on benefit fraud , the numbers on benefit fraud, overpayments due to fraud and error have risen from 4.5 billion in 20 1920 to 9.7 billion. in the latest figures. rishi sunak has lost £1 million to benefit fraud and error every

hour he's been prime minister so not only is the money not there, the dwp are actively losing money to fraud . taken together, money to fraud. taken together, every one of these seven pledges has either been banked by the obr or has no savings attached to it at all. so whatever the conservatives pledge on welfare savings in their manifesto tomorrow , it will produce not tomorrow, it will produce not a single penny of new money relative to the last obr forecast and whatever desperate pledge they make. these are promises they cannot fund from savings. they cannot find the monies , simply not there. next monies, simply not there. next let me quickly turn to the tax avoidance savings because this is very straightforward. that's page five of your document. the tories have claimed they'll raise £6 billion by cracking down on tax avoidance. and they

have made four pledges so far , have made four pledges so far, which they say will be wholly or partly funded from those savings. the national service scheme, the pensioner tax allowance, the extra funding for towns and the increased thresholds for the child benefit tax change rachel reeves tax avoidance plan. in their press nofice avoidance plan. in their press notice for the last two announcements to try and lend credibility to their costings, but so far they have forgotten one crucial thing labour's plan to tackle tax non—compliance , to tackle tax non—compliance, announced by rachel in april, recognised the need for £900 million of upfront investment in hmrc staffing and technology in order to deliver the projected 6 billion of savings. this is why our plan produces a net saving not of £6 billion, but £5.1 billion. we would assume these upfront costs will be accounted

for in our manifesto tomorrow, and that will become crucial. crucial when you look at the pledges which they are aiming to fund from that tax avoidance pot. but that brings me to the third point. >> okay. that was jonathan ashworth . they're steaming in to ashworth. they're steaming in to the tories £12 billion of benefits savings. the plan. let's get some instant reaction to what jonathan ashworth had to say there. i'm now joined by miriam cates, who's the conservative parliamentary candidate for penistone and stocksbridge. miriam, welcome to the show . so jonathan ashworth the show. so jonathan ashworth steaming in there saying the money is simply not there. he's saying the tories are desperate , saying the tories are desperate, they're making it up as they go along. it's a wing and a prayer. and then he put the boot in when he said rishi sunak has lost £1 million to benefit fraud every hour he's been the prime minister. what's your response to that ? to that? >> well, i didn't catch it all, but it does seem, to be a little bit of kind of political arguing about the figures. >> i think we've all seen over the past few weeks that actually

our tax system is so complicated and our economy is so complicated that you can pick and choose figures, and make one party seem better than the other. and one plan seem better than the other. but i think we're missing the point here, which is that there are some deep structural issues in our economy that have been there for 30 or 40 years, potentially . and 30 or 40 years, potentially. and actually, as politicians, we need to be honest with the pubuc need to be honest with the public about what we can and can't do with the economy and the kind of things that we would need to do if we do want reform in the long term. and labour seems to be missing some very important points here. one of those is about demographic choice. so we have an ageing population. we have far fewer working people for each retiree than we did 30 or 40 years ago. that completely changes the tax base. we have a negative balance of trade now . that means we of trade now. that means we import more than we export. until 1997, when the labour government got in, we actually had a fairly even balance of trade. but since then it's been very negative . that's a it has a very negative. that's a it has a real impact on our economy. so there are some much bigger structural issues that are actually far more important than

some of the nitpicking that labour and other parties seem to be doing . be doing. >> and miriam, you wrote a very thought provoking thread on twitter about this pensions burden , about the fact there are burden, about the fact there are now we used to have four working age people to every pensioner. now it's half of that. it's two two. and so we have a range of options. we can either raise taxes on the young or we can try a different method. you came up with the very thought provoking idea to encourage people to pay people to, to bribe people, in effect, to have more children . effect, to have more children. tell us more. >> well, i don't think we should be bribing people or telling people to have more children, but people are telling us that they do want more children but can't have children , or are can't have children, or are deciding not to have children because of all sorts of reasons. but one of those reasons is economic. if you think about the burden that young people face now, whether that's tax, student loan , house prices, all those loan, house prices, all those things make it much more difficult to start a family than perhaps it was 20 or 30 years

ago. now, the problem with that is it means we're not having enough babies. we're not having enough babies. we're not having enough children who will grow into adults to go into the workplace to replace those who are leaving the workplace and retiring. and that's why we have this demographic problem, because since the 1970s, we haven't been having enough babies. if you like to replace the people who are retiring. so this is at the root of our economic problems. yes, there's waste in the economy. yes there's fraud. yes, there are bad decisions, of course, but they are nothing compared to this demographic problem that we have. so i think we and all of the western countries, some of which are now trying these things, should do everything we can to get the barriers out of the way, to take those barriers away. for young people that want to have children, because having children is not just something that most people want to do. it's absolutely essential for the future of our society and our economy and of course, we should be paying pensions to people in old age. we should be looking after people in old age, but that should not be at the expense of the young. that should not be stopping young people from having their dreams

of having a family and having a house. and these are difficult economic questions that we have to ask. there will be trade offs, of course there will. but we should be honest about those as politicians and not just say, we'll cut income tax, we'll cut corporation tax , we'll do what corporation tax, we'll do what nigel farage is offering to do. £70 billion will take off the tax bill. but where is that going to come from and how are we going to pay for it? >> okay. can i ask you about rishi sunak? you'll probably be delighted to see he's finally come out of his bunker. he was on. he was missing in action, if you like, from the electoral battlefield over the weekend after his d by d day debacle. miriam, do you think he's still the right man to lead you into this general election? back or is it time for rishi sunak to raise the white flag? call it a day. >> well, we are in the middle of this election battle. >> he is the prime minister. he is leading us into the election. but i think, as i've said before, on a number of occasions and really some of the issues that we face as a conservative party over the last 14 years actually are about the fact that there are the conservative party itself is such a broad church .

itself is such a broad church. you have people like me who would say that, you know, i'm a i'm a conservative. i believe in strong family, community and nation. i'm very patriotic. you have people who i would say are much more liberal, but we're all in the same party. but that has made a problem in terms of passing the kind of legislation and kind of acting the kind of way that conservative voters would expect. and that's made it difficult for all leaders to form some sort of plan that all the mps would support. so i think, look, rishi sunak at he's called this election. he has, put his nailed his colours to the mast. we're in the middle of it now. i'm finding on doorsteps very few of our voters, our conservative voters in 2019 want to vote labour. they really don't want to vote labour. the challenge is getting people to come out. and i think the more we can show people how high the stakes are, yes, they might be rightly frustrated with the conservative government, rightly frustrated with the conservative party, but do they want a keir starmer government with a majority of who knows how many hundreds able to destroy our

constitution, able to embed even more these kind of left wing ideasin more these kind of left wing ideas in our institutions that would make it far more difficult in the future for any conservative government to roll back. that's what's at stake here. >> okay, miriam cates, thank you very much for joining >> okay, miriam cates, thank you very much forjoining us. always very much for joining us. always a pleasure to have your company on the show. thank you very much. now, here are the candidates for the constituency of penistone and stocksbridge . of penistone and stocksbridge. conservative miriam cates as you just saw there, the green party is andrew davies, reform uk is edward dillingham. liberal democrats are robert reece and the labour party marie tidball. let's get more on today's developments in the election campaign. with 24 days to go before we head to the polls , and before we head to the polls, and our political correspondent katherine forster is on labour's battle bus. catherine, welcome to the show . there's a wall of to the show. there's a wall of red there. we can't quite there. you are, catherine. you're not on the bus, but you're in town, right? so the labour party, they want us to talk about education, education, education. it's all sort of feel very 1997. tell us

more. >> yes. good afternoon. martin from york . they've let us off from york. they've let us off the bus for lunch. so but i was with sir keir starmer and bridget phillipson , the shadow bridget phillipson, the shadow education secretary, this morning in nuneaton , where they morning in nuneaton, where they are talking about their plans for child care. a couple of things. they're talking about free breakfast clubs for primary school children. they're talking about 100,000 extra child care places that they say is going to come from, reusing 3000 classrooms that are either not being used or being underused and repurposing them into nurseries. they estimate that these and other measures will help to get 750,000 women. and let's face it, it's mostly women, isn't it? but people that are otherwise stuck at home looking after young children back into the workplace or increasing their hours. but there has been a bit of a row,

hasn't there, because of the comments that emily thornberry made yesterday about the effect that, labour's plans to put vat on private school fees might have on the state sector. she basically said that it would be fine if a whole load of kids went to the state sector and class sizes were bigger as a result. now, bridget phillipson has rapidly knocked that down and said not at all. there is spare capacity. i would say, the birth rate has dropped. that's something that your previous guest, miriam cates, talks about a lot, but that's rather at the lower end for the little ones . lower end for the little ones. i'm not sure that that's going to, help with older children. but anyway, so that's what labour are talking about today. their manifesto isn't out till thursday. the conservatives rishi sunak has been spotted. the prime minister, after spending the weekend lying low out and about but not talking to the press, has spoken to the cameras today, said that he

hopes that voters can find it in their hearts to forgive him for what happened with the d—day commemorate sessions. he obviously realises that this is a very, very big misstep and it's likely to have cost them a lot of votes. meanwhile, sir ed davey launching the lib dem manifesto, he was last seen on the most horrific ride at thorpe park. but he's saying that only the lib dems can save the nhs . the lib dems can save the nhs. >> that's what you call a political roller coaster . political roller coaster. katherine forster lie—in from york. thanks for joining katherine forster lie—in from york. thanks forjoining us on york. thanks for joining us on the show. now, i've lost more on the show. now, i've lost more on the election campaign throughout the election campaign throughout the show, of course, and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . now, the cosy european much. now, the cosy european union establishment has been rocked by the outcome of the european elections over the weekend. eurosceptic parties have made massive gains across

the continent. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

>> earlier on breakfast. >> earlier on breakfast. >> i think it's a very actually desperately sad cautionary tale for . for tourists desperately sad cautionary tale for. for tourists and desperately sad cautionary tale for . for tourists and locals alike. >> we have come up with this plan. we have very clear means to fund it. and we're really hoping to get into government. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers we've already got. >> immigration is probably the biggest single issue that people talk about when i meet them, and reforms seem willing to discuss it. >> from six. it's breakfast on gb news . gb news. >> welcome back. it's 326. i'm martin daubney and this is gb

news. now, later in the show, i'll look back at the life of the great rik mayall, who sadly died ten years ago yesterday, and he's still sorely missed. now to the most significant night in european politics since we voted to leave the european union and the cosy euro establishment is reeling after voters gave them a right good kicking. the result was so bad for the belgian government that the country's prime minister has resigned. and after french president emmanuel macron's party suffered major losses, he also called a snap election a decision that's been branded an extraordinary gamble . well, i'm extraordinary gamble. well, i'm joined now by our reporter, charlie peters. charlie, welcome to the show. so, charlie, five years ago this week, i was elected as an mep. today, the spirit of brexit is absolutely alive across the european bloc, we've seen the biggest realignment of european politics in the european union's history. tell us more. that's right martin, a significant rise for

right wing parties across europe last night leading this morning to people waking up in europe to news that emmanuel macron is calling those snap legislative elections for later this month. >> 30th of june and the second round on the 7th of july. he says that the french people need clarity after the gap between pubuc clarity after the gap between public opinion and his own government has winded to a frankly unprecedented level. macron's leadership has been fraught with difficulty since its inception. he's the first french incumbent president to not carry on a majority in the assembly since 1997. this is the first hung parliament in france since 1988, and those two years have been fraught indeed, for emmanuel macron. you'll recall, last year, martin, that king charles was meant to have his first foreign trip in france.

but that was cancelled due to rioting. so dangerous that foreign dignitaries like the british monarch couldn't visit the capital city. that was caused when macron wanted to push through some reforms that might be considered quite normal in britain, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. but from a french perspective , but from a french perspective, with its bloated state and significant public debt , that significant public debt, that was considered an extreme move and sparked that protest. you also had the gilets jaunes protests back in 2017 and 2018 over a proposed diesel tax. now with the with the reform towards the pension age, the retirement age that was only pushed through after a special measure, he brought in, which would require people to vote against him on a vote of no confidence. so he was he has managed to swing that through, but on other areas trying to tackle the right wing parties, in particular the national rally and also the reconquest movement with eric zemmour, he has found himself

moving towards the right wing position on immigration, but still not sufficiently to prevent some 35% voting for the national rally last night. but there are also significant victories for other parties across the continent. we saw the right wing austrian party, the freedom party, topping the polls there , the so—called rainbow there, the so—called rainbow coalition in germany also suffering significantly. olaf scholz spd party coming third with the afd lurching into second position, giorgia meloni's party in italy also secured significant, significant victories, and also geert wilders in the netherlands picking up several seats as well. a significant victory for right wing parties in europe coming at the cost not only of the centre and the centre left, but also the greens , who took but also the greens, who took a particularly large tumble in germany . germany. >> yeah, the greens were the biggest losers. the right, the biggest losers. the right, the biggest winners are deep reset. and now, astonishingly, charlie

peters, a quarter of all meps elected to the eu are anti eu promises to be an extraordinarily interesting term when they kick off in july. thank you very much for joining us. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. and i'll talk about prince william. he's been with the england squad today ahead of euro 2024, which starts on friday. but first it's your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> good afternoon. it's 330. >> good afternoon. it's 330. >> i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. two boys have become the youngest convicted murderers in britain since robert thompson and john venables, both aged 11, were found guilty of killing two year old james bulger in 1993. >> the 12 year olds were found guilty of murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park. they stabbed 19 year old sean c

zahawi through the heart in november last year. the jury's decision to convict was unanimous . sean casey's parents unanimous. sean casey's parents have said they will never be able to get over the loss of their beloved son. the prime minister says he never considered quitting, despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of this campaign. it comes carry on until the last day of this campaign . it comes after this campaign. it comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased that he may step down. and the prime minister's promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories are re—elected. rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students . however, for overseas students. however, labouris for overseas students. however, labour is calling it another empty promise from a desperate conservative party labour's promising to deliver free

breakfast clubs in schools , part breakfast clubs in schools, part of a new childcare plan they say will save parents over £400 a yeah will save parents over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days of school absences for parents who already pay for before school childcare. labour's funded breakfast clubs could cut the costs by up to £50 a week, delivering savings of almost £2,000 across a school year. almost £2,000 across a school year . lib dem almost £2,000 across a school year. lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health care at the heart of our campaign. sir ed spoke about growing up caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma . the party leader said lymphoma. the party leader said the experiences of carers is exhausting sometimes, but also full of love. reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election. campaign plans include raising personal tax threshold allowance to £20,000, abolishing ir35 for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for

small businesses to £150,000. and local media reports suggest doctor michael mosley died from natural causes after the body of the tv doctor was found on a greek island. the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the island of symi. on wednesday, he appeared to have taken the wrong route back to his hotel and collapsed where he couldn't easily be seen by emergency search teams. easily be seen by emergency search teams . and for the latest search teams. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . com slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . the pound of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2712 and ,1.1839. the price of gold is

£1,813.72 per ounce, and the ftse 108,213 points. >> cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you sophia. now in a few minutes i'll hear from ed davey. few minutes i'll hear from ed davey . he's launched the liberal davey. he's launched the liberal democrats manifesto this morning and he's . and this afternoon and he's. and this afternoon he's been at a theme park. he's treating this election campaign like long holiday, isn't he? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

>> this is gb news. and we are britain's election channel. this vote may seem to be about the politicians and the media, but it's actually about you. >> we won't forget that. >> we won't forget that. >> join us up and down the country as we follow every moment together. >> more than ever, it's important to hear all sides as you make your decision in the run up to polling day. >> this is gb news, the people's

channel >> this is gb news, the people's channel, britain's election . channel. >> welcome back. it's 338. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now to a truly horrific crime. 212 year old boys have become the youngest murderers in the uk since the james bulger killers , after being found killers, after being found guilty of a fatal machete attack on a teenager in wolverhampton. family members of both the victim, sean tuohy, and the defendants, cried and hugged each other in the public gallery as jurors unanimously found both boys guilty of murder. well, our home security editor, mark white, is across this story. mark, welcome to the show. truly horrific crime, the details of which are just beyond belief . which are just beyond belief. tell us more. >> yeah, this was in woolwich , >> yeah, this was in woolwich, hampton in a park in wolverhampton in november of

last year when the victim, 19 year old sean cci, was out with friends in that park and came across the 212 year old killers. he was not, according to the trial, which lasted a month and was held at nottingham crown court. known to these 212 year old boys, there was no , nothing old boys, there was no, nothing done. according to the prosecution that provoked this particular incident. but a teenager who was with 19 year old mr cecil gay at the time ran when they were attacked by the 212 year old boys who produced this machete. and he said he looked behind, but he saw that his friend had fallen. and at that point, according to the court, the 212 year old boys set

about mr cci, beating him and kicking him and stabbing him with the machete . now, both with the machete. now, both these 12 year olds initially when they were arrested, failed to cooperate with the police. they did, though, give evidence at the subsequent murder trial in nottingham. and both boys blamed each other for wielding the fatal blow. but today a jury found them guilty unanimously of the murder of sean cci. now mr cci, his parents have been speaking as well. in the aftermath of this verdict, they say that they'll never be able to come to terms with the murder of their son. they say that they hope that justice has been served , but they also said that served, but they also said that they feel sorry for the parents of the 212 year olds. the court was also told martin that one of the 12 year olds had posed for a

photograph carrying the machete and wearing a mask just hours before this murder took place. there was blood staining on the clothing of both the boys involved in this murder, so they will be, we're told, sentenced at a later date. we believe sometime in july. and now, of course, frustratingly as well, because both these boys are just 12 years old, they cannot be named. so their name is not in the public domain. that is something that might change because remember, of course, we got that unprecedented decision by the trial judge involved in the james bulger murder case, to name both robert thompson and jon venables as the 11 year old killers of two year old james. so we await what the trial judge decides to do in relation to

this case. >> martin, a case of astonishing brutality. thank you very much, mark wight, for bringing us up to speed. now, the liberal democrats have launched the first manifesto of this general election campaign with their leader, sir ed davey, pledging to save the nhs and take britain back into the european union's single market. >> fixing our broken relationship with europe, rebuilding the ties of trade and friendship, boosting our economy and restoring britain's role on the world stage . the world stage. >> i take britain back into a european union that last night surged towards the right . now surged towards the right. now moving on. it's officially summer and we've got a brand new summer and we've got a brand new summer giveaway that's £15,000 in tax free cash to make summer spectacular. a brand new iphone, airpods and £500 to spend at the uk attraction of your choice. so if you like theme parks like ed davey, visiting stately homes or fancy a spa day out, it could

all be on us here @gbnews. and here's all the details that you need. >> it's the great british summer giveaway and have we got a prize for you? there's a totally tax free £15,000 in cash to make your summer spectacular. spend that extra cash however you like . you'll also win a brand new .you'll also win a brand new iphone, apple airpods and if that wasn't enough, a £500 voucher to spend at your favourite uk attraction so you can enjoy amazing days out this year for a chance to win the iphone treats and £15,000 cash to win to 63232. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message or post your name and two number gb zero six p.o message or post your name and two number gb zero six po box 8690 derby de19 double t uk only. entrance must be 18 or oven only. entrance must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on the 28th of june. full terms and privacy notice at gbnews.com/win. please check the closing time if listening or

watching on demand. good luck ! watching on demand. good luck! >> and next i'll bring you news of the post—mortem following the death of the much loved doctor, michael moseley. martin daubney on gb news, britain's

welcome back. your time is 347. i'm martin daubney , and this is gb martin daubney, and this is gb news now. 4:00. we'll hear from rishi sunak, who's been back on the campaign trail desperately hoping people are forgiving him for his d—day debacle . hoping people are forgiving him for his d—day debacle. but before that, it's a massive week for football fans . there are for football fans. there are just four days to go until euro 2024 starts, with scotland taking on the host nation germany in the opening game. and today the prince of wales has been with the england squad. gareth southgate teams are the favourites with the bookmakers to win the tournament. when our reporter jack carson is at england's training ground in burton on trent, jack gaud knows

we could do the pick me up after that disastrous debacle against iceland on friday. can the prince give us that pick me up ? prince give us that pick me up? >> well, he certainly tried it today. martin. a rousing team talk as he met the 26 men off to germany today. they've already left. we've seen them leave saint george's park here on the way to the airport, as they head towards the european championships with a lot of expectation on their shoulders, prince william arrived here this morning, met gareth southgate, asked him, had a chat with him about preparations and how they were going, and then met with the players presenting them with the players presenting them with the shirts that they're going to be wearing over in germany and were for the first time against serbia on sunday. now we gave a bit of a speech. he told them that he wondered on the way here how he was going to, what he was going to say to them, how he was going to say to them, how he was going to say to them, how he was going to really bring them, bnng going to really bring them, bring them up in the first place. i mean, one of the things he said was on the school run. he asked his children how we might be able to do that. prince louis apparently suggested they should eat twice as much, so he

didn't want to really pass. maybe that advice onto the players thinking they might be a bit fat and a bit too slow for the tournament. but he did say that one of the things he's always done is reflect, of course, upon his times when he's come to saint george's park in the past, the togetherness that he always seen, the unity that he's seen both before with the squad and now once again, he also told them to try and pick up on the inspirations that they've had in the past, telling them to look at the look at your family, look at your friends, look at those memories that you've got and really use them to pump yourself up. because england know going into this tournament that they are one of the favourites. of course they will have to face some tough teams along the way. we could well face france before we get to the final. who, of course, the runners up in the world cup a couple of years ago, so it's not going to be an easy ride. but we know with the quality of the squad that we've got with jude bellingham, harry kane, just to name a couple, that he knows that england, and he told the team today that he said england has got a target on their back. but he says the whole country is going to be behind them. he didn't say

exactly how he was going to be watching. he said there was media in the room. he didn't want to disclose how exactly he was going to be watching, but i can imagine there's quite a bit of excitement because we know how much of a football fan prince william is. of course, he's been president of the fa since 2006. he's regularly seen at aston villa in birmingham with his son prince george watching the games there. so it was a very successful visit from the england squad point of view. but it's also been from the from the community aspect. of course, we know how big the fa are within the community. there was a festival of football here with a festival of football here with a lot of school children that also saw the england team off. gareth southgate and prince william went to see them before he carried on his duties for the rest of today. >> thank you jack carson england off to euro 2024 now with royal approval . off to euro 2024 now with royal approval. thank you very much. live from burton on trent now to the post—mortem into the death of tv doctor michael moseley. and police say he died of natural causes on the day he went missing on the greek island of symi. let's cross live now to athens and speak to grigoris leon, who's a forensic doctor. thank you very much for joining us on the show, mr leon. so it

seems that michael mosley may, after all, have simply succumbed to the intense heat . to the intense heat. >> yes. >> yes. >> well, first of all, as you know, today has made, also the post—mortem examination to the morgue. i think a day before was, the examination of the scene of the scene that was found, mr mosley , so first of found, mr mosley, so first of all, i want to say also as a doctor, that i'm very sad for his loss, also because, he's a colleague, but as we can see, from the first signs of the post—mortem examination , as we post—mortem examination, as we know, is, natural , death, but we know, is, natural, death, but we have to, to wait also the laboratory exams because, they will do histology exams and also toxicology exams that will conclude all the forensic investigation on, but i think

that, we can we can speak from now for , probably a natural now for, probably a natural death , well, is the is the only death, well, is the is the only i think, thing that we are waiting, are the laboratory exams because, from the science of the body , we excluded, an of the body, we excluded, an unnatural death or a violent death. yeah >> and there were no signs of foul play. no signs of a fall. and what makes it particularly challenging, grigoris elianne is that mr mozzi was so close to a beach resort when he passed . beach resort when he passed. >> well, you're right. and i have to add also that, i'm really surprised as a doctor because i know, he was he's a doctor , too, and, he hasn't had doctor, too, and, he hasn't had his phone. his mobile phone, for example . that was a very example. that was a very important if you decide to an

island like this, that is a very nice island. but, with the hot weather, very high temperatures and also with a lot of rocks and pathways between rocks, means that we have a very , hard that we have a very, hard conditions, in certain points , conditions, in certain points, so i'm very sorry that, he hasn't got, for example, his mobile phone. and i think that he hasn't got even, a small bottle of water that will be probably useful for a person, that decides to make a, a walk of one hour or more, even , to of one hour or more, even, to these conditions. i think that these conditions. i think that the conditions played, very, important role for his death. and even if you are a healthy person, i think that you suffer after , a walk like this, but in after, a walk like this, but in this case, for sure, the forensic pathologist will, check also the medical record of mr

mosley . and i think that we will mosley. and i think that we will have a certain , cause of death have a certain, cause of death very soon. very 500“. >> very soon. >> okay. we have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us. gregoris. leon, a forensic doctor there live from athens. all the major parties have been out and about today, and they're taking lumps out of each other. this election campaign is really hotting up. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. it's your weather with aidan mcgivern a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news showers at first during the rest of the day, but they will tend to ease inland later with clear skies overnight leading to a chilly feel by the start of tomorrow. we've got a northerly airflow across the uk at the moment. low pressure moving into the continent, leaving behind a lot of cloud and quite frequent showers, especially for the nonh showers, especially for the north and the east of the uk.

but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight. still the odd one going, but many places will turn drier with clear spells and out of the breeze overnight. under those clear skies, temperatures in some spots will fall into the mid single figures, perhaps even a touch of grass frost first thing tuesday in the most sheltered spots, but actually plenty of sunny spells as well, particularly across southern parts of england into south wales . the midlands seeing some wales. the midlands seeing some bright weather. first thing temperatures rising fairly quickly through the morning as well. there'll be a lot of cloud, especially towards the north. 1 or 2 showers for northern ireland, northern england, but the most frequent showers by this stage will be across the north and the east of scotland, where the thickest cloud will be and we're going to see this cool breeze continuing from the north. and as the morning continues, we'll see further showers crop up here and there. just about anywhere could get a shower, but the most frequent downpours will once again be across scotland,

northern and eastern england. few showers general compared to monday, but still quite a number of them towards the east. in the west that's where the best of the sunshine will be. highs here of 17 or 18 celsius. then through tuesday evening those showers continue for a time, but actually vie overnight. it turns mostly dry with clear spells as a ridge of high pressure builds in that will lead to a fine day on wednesday. for many of us, it doesn't last, though. more rain to come on thursday, followed by showers on friday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

gb news. way. >> are you. very good afternoon to you . it's 4 >> are you. very good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. and >> are you. very good afternoon to you . it's 4 pm. and welcome to you. it's 4 pm. and welcome to you. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the

heart of westminster all across the uk . today, there's just 24 the uk. today, there's just 24 days to go until the general election . and rishi sunak has election. and rishi sunak has said he won't quit after his d—day debacle. labour want free breakfast for school kids reform wants to slash taxes and the liberal democrats, well, they want to rejoin the single market. we'll have all the latest from the roller coaster ride of the campaign trail , and ride of the campaign trail, and the results are in for the european union elections. and we've seen an historic backlash against brussels with a surge in votes for parties who want stricter immigration controls and kick backs against net zero taxes. and with snap general elections called in france, belgium and even possibly in germany , is the writing on the germany, is the writing on the wall for the european union . and wall for the european union. and ten years on from the untimely death of the legend rik mayall, we look back on the staggering work and the legacy of an irreplaceable, much missed comedy icon. and that's all coming up in your next hour.

welcome to the show. so rishi, after his d—day debacle, he's come out of his bunker. he's back on the front line. but is it time for him to raise the white flag ? is it d—day for him? white flag? is it d—day for him? has he had his chips? and also those european elections last night? an astonishing pushback. the most dramatic reset of european union political history in its entire conception, since it came to birth is the writing on the wall for brussels . on the wall for brussels. emmanuel macron has called a snap election in france. it's wiped ,60 billion off the value of the paris stock exchange in one day alone, and the euro has crashed a continent in freefall. a political climate disaster. what do you think? is it time to get rid of the european union? get in touch. gb news. com forward slash your say. but

before all of that, it's your headunes. before all of that, it's your headlines . and here's polly headlines. and here's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin thank you and good afternoon to you. well the top story from the gb newsroom this afternoon is that two boys have become the youngest convicted murderers in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both aged 11 at the time, were found guilty of killing two year old james bulger back in 1993. the 12 year olds in this instance were found guilty of murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park. they stabbed 19 year old sean c zahawi in november last year. the jury's decision to convict was unanimous. sean cici's parents said they'll never be able to get over the loss of their beloved son. well, in other news today, the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early

departure from d—day commemorations in normandy last week. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of this campaign. it comes to carry on until the last day of this campaign . it comes after of this campaign. it comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased that he may step down. but now he's vowing he won't stop fighting for the future of the country. >> i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country, right? this campaign is only not even halfway through yet and i'm finding enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock, plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day. >> well, the prime minister is promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales when the

tories are elected. if the tories are elected. if the tories are elected. if the tories are elected, of course. rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students . however, overseas students. however, labouris overseas students. however, labour is calling that another empty promise from a desperate conservative party policing minister chris philp says the tories aim to build on their recent recruiting . recent recruiting. >> what we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers, we've already got those extra 8000 officers will be dedicated to neighbourhood policing. that means patrolling your local high street, patrolling the areas where where you and me and our your listeners and viewers, live, visibly patrolling , catching visibly patrolling, catching criminals, preventing crime, reassuring the public chris philp meanwhile, labour's promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools as part of a new childcare plan. >> they say could save parents

over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days of school absences for parents who already pay absences for parents who already pay for before school childcare. labour's funded breakfast clubs, they say, could cut the cost by up to £50 a week, delivering almost £2,000 worth across a school year . a labour leader, school year. a labour leader, sir keir starmer, insisting the policy will help working parents. >> as any parent with young children will tell you childcare and nursery places are really essential. they're so good for children in their development and making sure that when they arrive at primary school , arrive at primary school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market. so very good also for the economy and our scheme is fully funded, fully costed, but also fully planned, so it'll be wrapped around primary schools. >> sir keir starmer, now the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put

health and care at the heart of their campaign. sir ed spoke about his own experiences caring for his mother, who died of hodgkin's lymphoma. the party leader said his experience and the experiences of other carers are exhausting sometimes, but also full of love. >> these are the experiences that we must bring out of the shadows , because the truth is shadows, because the truth is that unless we properly value care, unless we properly support carers, we will never be able to fix the crisis in our nhs or get our economy back on track . our economy back on track. >> so ed davey well, reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election. campaign plans include raising the personal tax threshold to £20,000, abolishing ir35 regulations for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to £150,000. as now as you've

been hearing this afternoon on gb news, local greek media reports have suggesting that doctor michael mosley , the tv doctor michael mosley, the tv nutritionist, died from natural causes after his body was found on a remote island. the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the island of symi on wednesday. he appears to have taken the wrong route back to his hotel and collapsed, where he couldn't easily be seen by emergency search and rescue teams . and search and rescue teams. and finally, the prince of wales has wished the england football squad good luck for their euro 2024 bid. during a visit to burton upon trent today, prince william shared advice from little prince louis, who says you should eat twice as much dunng you should eat twice as much during a tournament. the president of the fa also presented shirts to the 26 players taking part in the event , the euros kicking off this friday, with scotland taking on germany in munich. that's the news for the latest stories. do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go

to gb news. common alerts . to gb news. common alerts. >> thank you polly. so to our top story this hour, the parents of shaun sezer have spoken about the horrific machete attack by 212 year old boys which killed their 19 year old son in wolverhampton last november, and they say they will never get over the tragic loss of their beloved son. his two attackers have become the youngest convicted murderers in the uk since the killers of james bulger in 1993, and i'm joined now by our home and security edhon now by our home and security editor, mark white, who is across this story . mark, this across this story. mark, this case is so horrific it makes you ask deep, deep questions about the capability vie of children, the capability vie of children, the legal framework around them . the legal framework around them. and mark, the conversation is sure to go into the realms of should these children be identified with this barbaric attack? >> yes. and of course, a key

point why or how on earth did 12 year old boys get hold of a machete , which apparently they machete, which apparently they used to carry about with them? they were seen carrying this machete on multiple occasions. now, this incident happened at a park in playing fields in wolverhampton in november of last year . the victim, 19 year last year. the victim, 19 year old sean spicer. he had been with friends in this park as well. he lived in birmingham. he was not known to the 212 year olds who went on to attack him. a friend of mr zahawi said that when they were attacked by the boys, they ran , but he looked boys, they ran, but he looked back. he said to see mr zahawi fall over, and the boys then start attacking him, kicking him, punching him and then stabbing him as well with the

machete . both these boys machete. both these boys initially failed to give any kind of information and cooperate with the police, but they did give evidence in the murder trial. a month long trial at nottingham crown court , and at nottingham crown court, and both boys blamed each other for wielding the fatal blow, as far as the jury was concerned, though, they reached a unanimous verdict of verdicts on both of these 12 year olds, finding them guilty of murder and west midlands police, who carried out this murder investigation , have this murder investigation, have interviewed the family of mr zahawi. the parents who gave really a heart wrenching interview. and they put out on the west midlands police website that part of that interview. let's take a look in the living room. >> i know our phone rings and she answered the call and she

starts crying . starts crying. >> i asked her what happened. >> i asked her what happened. >> she said sean gets stabbed . >> she said sean gets stabbed. >> she said sean gets stabbed. >> i said, what happened? >> i said, what happened? >> she started to cry. she cannot talk. take the phone from her and ask him. i say, what happened to sean? he said, sean gets stabbed. i said, sean, it's okay. he said, no, sean passed away . she keeps saying that now. away. she keeps saying that now. soon she will graduate next two years from now. she expects her brothers to be there. she crying that she don't have a brother anymore. and that affects us a lot when she see things like that. and she keeps crying . it's that. and she keeps crying. it's hard on her right now. it's very hard on her right now. it's very hard on her right now. it's very hard on her. >> and the parents originally from anguilla in the caribbean sea. understandably, they will never get over the loss of their son. and they have one fundamental question from this, which is how on earth these 212

year old boys are ever came into the possession of a 12 year of a machete? how they were allowed to keep hold of this machete and go on, of course, to murder this 19 year old victim. we're told by the police and prosecutors dunng by the police and prosecutors during the trial that one of the boys actually posed with that machete wearing a mask just hours before , before going on to hours before, before going on to carry out this murder , both of carry out this murder, both of these 12 year old boys will be sentenced, we're told, sometime in july . and then there is that in july. and then there is that very, pertinent question about whether these 212 year olds should be named. they are the youngest murderers since jon venables and robert thompson were named as the 11 year old murderers of james bulger back in 1993, in liverpool. so it's

possible that the trial judge in this particular case could decide to name the 212 year old boys. >> and mark, there is such a huge public interest in cases like this. knife crime seems to be an unstoppable cancer. machetes, 12 year olds. the report found. there was it was without reason or legal authority. the forces of the blows were such. there are too graphic to even go into on television, but it doesn't sound like an attack by children . it like an attack by children. it sounds like a savage attack by adults with all of that in mind, mark, do you think that that threshold may be breached and there is that degree of public interest that these children perhaps should be named , it's perhaps should be named, it's certainly possible. we're living in different times , of course, in different times, of course, where, you know, authorities take into consideration the impact on offenders as well as, of course, the victims . back in of course, the victims. back in 1993, there was such a uk wide

but international attention , but international attention, because of the horrific nature of the murder of young james bulger, just two years old at the time, that he was murdered, that that trial judge did take the decision to name both robert thompson and jon venables as his killers. so it's certainly possible that they could be named , but just as possible that named, but just as possible that the trial judge will decide to keep them anonymous going forward . forward. >> okay. thank you forjoining >> okay. thank you for joining us. a very troubling case, the murder of sean c zahawi. thank you very much for joining us. now, earlier today, shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth hosted a press conference where he sought to debunk what he called the conservatives desperate claim that they can shave £12 billion from the benefits bill. our political correspondent, olivia utley spoke with jonathan

ashworth earlier today and she joins me now. olivia, welcome to the show. so the labour party very much getting on a front foot after that £2,000 additional tax bill claim last week at the televised debate. they're very much fighting back in very aggressive form. tell us more . more. >> well, absolutely. as jonathan ashworth said at the beginning of his speech here in this building behind me, normally the labour party would sit down with journalists the day after the conservative manifesto is launched, go through all the figures and try and debunk them. while the conservative manifesto isn't even going to be launched until tomorrow and yet already we've heard from jonathan ashworth on exactly why in labour's view, the conservative's manifesto will not work . the refrain of not work. the refrain of jonathan ashworth speech, which he must have said over 20 times over the course of about 20 minutes, was the money is not there for the conservatives, the money is not there, and the area where he went hardest was this claim from rishi sunak that it will be possible to save £12

billion by changing the way that welfare is given out, to try and crack down on the number of people claiming benefits for long term sickness. now we know thatis long term sickness. now we know that is a huge, huge problem in the uk economy. the number of people out of work because of long term sickness has doubled since 2013, and there are currently 9 million people who are now economically inactive. that means they're neither looking for work nor in work. now. rishi sunak reckons he can change that. jonathan ashworth says sunak can't change that. and why is ashworth saying that? well, he points out that in the time that rishi sunak has been prime minister, actually overpayment for benefit on benefits because of fraud has increased by £1 million. so ashworth's argument isn't that the policy isn't worth doing, it's simply that rishi sunak isn't the man to do it. labour alleges that over that time, rishi sunak has just allowed this benefits bubble to swell and swell. now that's quite an

interesting message from a labour paymaster general. he's not saying that benefits should be should be kept. he's not saying that they should be frozen as they are. he is just saying that rishi sunak isn't able to cut them in the way that he's suggesting they can. it will be really, really interesting to see what the labour manifesto says about benefits when it's launched on thursday, rafe phil reeves and keir starmer have both been absolutely clear again and again , and ashworth said it again today that the three main taxes will not be raised in that labour manifesto. so that's national insurance , income tax national insurance, income tax and vat. well that's obviously left a lot of people asking where is labour going to find the money to, to fulfil all of its really pretty sizeable spending commitments that it's already made. could it possibly be that a labour government is going to end up cutting benefits like rishi sunak would like to see? >> yeah, and olivia utley an astonishing figure brandished by jonathan ashworth earlier on the show around about an hour ago , show around about an hour ago, he claimed rishi sunak has lost

£1 million to benefit fraud every single hour that he's been the prime minister. the gloves are certainly off on this campaign trail. olivia utley thank you for joining campaign trail. olivia utley thank you forjoining us on the thank you for joining us on the show. now moving on. the liberal democrats have launched the first manifesto of this general election campaign, with leader sir ed davey pledging to save the nhs and take britain back into the european union's single market. >> fixing our broken relationship with europe, rebuilding the ties of trade and friendship, boosting our economy and restoring britain's role on the world stage . the world stage. >> a meanwhile, rishi sunak came out of his bunker and struck a defiant tone as he spoke to the for media the first time since friday this morning, dismissing speculation that he considered resigning and insisting he remains focused on the general election campaign. no of course not. >> i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country. this campaign is only not even

halfway through yet, and i'm finding an enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock, plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxes for people , these are cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day . day. >> and i tell you, reform uk campaign event in london earlier today, nigel farage gave a very stark assessment of the current state of the british economy. >> we are skint and it's getting worse and at some point in time we may even have trouble issuing gilts, issuing government bonds unless the market sees we've got some solutions. and that is why the only way out is growth. and i think what richard's just said out in particular, putting up the tax threshold to £20,000, would be a very, very big step in the right direction .

in the right direction. >> so while we skint and can we fight our way out of it? well, i'll be joined by a government minister later this hour and put those questions directly to him. and we'll have lots more on on the election, of course, at 5:00 and there's plenty of coverage on our website , gbnews.com. and on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country . now our website in the country. now our brand new giveaway could make your summer extra special. as as there's a ton of tech to be won days out on us, and £15,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like, you fancy the chance to win the lot of it. well, here's how it all could be yours. >> we've got summer sewn up with an incredible trio of treats, and you can win them first. there's a fabulous £15,000 in tax free cash to ensure this summer is special. what would you spend that on next? you'll also receive the latest iphone 15 and a set of apple airpods. and finally , £500 to spend at and finally, £500 to spend at your favourite uk attraction .

your favourite uk attraction. fun in the sun could be on us for a chance to win the iphone treats, and £15,000 cash text win to 63232. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message or post your name and number. two gb zero six p.o message or post your name and number. two gb zero six po box 8690 derby de19 double t uk. only entrants must be 18 or oven only entrants must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on the 28th of june. full terms and privacy notice at gbnews.com/win. please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck and. >> and coming up, the cosy european union establishment has been rocked by the outcome of the eu elections because eurosceptic parties have made huge gains across the continent -i i'm martin daubney on gb news,

welcome back. it's 4:25. i'm martin

daubney on gb news now to the most significant night in european politics since we voted to leave the european union . and to leave the european union. and the cosy euro establishment is reeling after voters gave them a right good kicking. the result was so bad for the belgian government that the country's prime minister has resigned. and after french president emmanuel macron's party suffered major losses, he called a snap election in a decision that's been branded an extraordinary gamble and knocked ,60 billion off the value of the paris stock exchange this morning alone. let's now speak with the head of policy at mch brussels, jacob reynolds. jacob, welcome to the show. it's fair to say that the european union has a massive bloody nose in brussels the morning after the night before, an astonishing reset of the political bloc. tell us more . political bloc. tell us more. >> yeah, well, as you've noticed, a number of countries have delivered kind of strong results for the right or for populist parties.

>> and when you tally those up, a few places have been very extraordinary. as you say, like in france. >> but the kind of bigger picture is that tallied up across the continent. it represents a real shift, perhaps in the makeup of the european parliament, the kind of one of the pop, slightly populist groups in the european parliament is set to become the third biggest, group . third biggest, group. >> it looks like, and it basically the story is that the populists and the, the anti kind of establishment eu narrative is really beginning to chip away at the cosy consensus that dominates in brussels. >> and jacob, what was extraordinary, as well as issues motivating voters in countries such as netherlands such as sweden , such as france, spain sweden, such as france, spain was border control taking back control of borders reminiscent of brexit, and also a disastrous night for the greens across the entire 27 member states. jacob it seems the public, when they're given the chance to vote on net zero policies, they're also pushing back on those .

also pushing back on those. >> yeah, the story on the greens is actually really , really is actually really, really important. and in many countries, and especially in germany , the greens have germany, the greens have received kind of really, really bad results. >> and i think that's the only way to explain it is that we've had since the so—called green wave that made up the last, european parliament. we've had years and years of these pro net zero green new deal policies and people , as we can see from the people, as we can see from the farmers protest or from people's energy bills. once these policies kind of come into contact with reality, people realise what they mean for their lives, what they mean for their pockets. >> and we've seen a rejection in many parts of europe of these green policies on immigration in, certainly a rejection certainly in france and in other places . places. >> but this is such a cornerstone of eu policies that it's going to be the european right really needs to kind of get its arguments and its act together if they really want to continue the challenge on immigration. >> and there's been an extraordinary rising up of young voters, the 18 to 24 year olds across many of the nations are increasingly voting with the

political right, jacob. and that's because in france , in that's because in france, in denmark, in holland, they're tying immigration into affordable housing and quality of life. and it's working in britain , young people tend to britain, young people tend to vote for the left. but we've seen a huge shift with the younger voters , haven't we? younger voters, haven't we? >> yeah. and i mean, to take a story from germany where everybody and especially the european political elite was really excited because germany lowered the voting age and they expected that young people are just kind of destined to vote for green or pro—immigration policies. >> but actually, the young people in germany have really voted , it seems, from the from voted, it seems, from the from the results for, for the afd. and as you note, in france, i mean, the le pen's party, the national rally have gone incredible narrative that's really bringing in lots of younger voters, lots of people that in the uk, as you say, don't seem to kind of understand the narrative yet around or haven't had good arguments made about immigration, etc. but in france they're doing a tremendous job there, and a lot of parties across the continent could really learn from what they've done in turning the

national rally into a really attractive party for young people to vote for. >> and jacob emmanuel macron is now betting the house, or, in his case, betting le chateau on this snap election. do you think he's going to make it or could that also spectacularly backfire? yeah well, it's a hard one to call, but it seems that there's a kind of mix of both. >> i mean, he suffers such a crushing result that he had to do something, but there also seems to be a touch of kind of classic macron arrogance in this, thinking that maybe he's got a roll of the dice, left . got a roll of the dice, left. yet there is also people are saying that they kind of kind of want to almost put the national rally into a position of power in the hope of discrediting him, but that seems to me to be, at the very least, a wild gamble and one that could well backfire on macron , because we see how on macron, because we see how how wide the dissatisfaction is with macron and his kind of pro—eu integrationist policies. >> an extraordinary night, an extraordinary weekend in european politics. thank you so much for joining european politics. thank you so much forjoining us, giving your much for joining us, giving your expert insight. jacob reynolds, head of policy at mic brussels .

head of policy at mic brussels. and the spirit of brexit is burning on now. lots more still to come between now and 5:00, and i'll be joined by a tory minister at around a 4:45. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the top story this hour. two boys have become the youngest convicted murderers in britain since the killing of two year old james bulger in 1993. the 12 year olds were found guilty of murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park. they stabbed 19 year old sean c zahawi in november last year. the jury's decision to convict was unanimous. his parents have said they'll never be able to get over the loss of their son. the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy last week. it comes after the pm kept a low profile over the weekend ,

a low profile over the weekend, avoiding questions as rumours increased. he may step down and the prime minister's promise to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories are re—elected. rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students . however, for overseas students. however, labouris for overseas students. however, labour is calling it another empty promise from a desperate conservative party and labour's promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools part of a new childcare plan they say will save parents £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days of school absences . and for of school absences. and for parents who already pay before school, childcare , labour's school, childcare, labour's funded breakfast clubs, they say, could cut the cost by up to £50 a week . and the liberal £50 a week. and the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, has launched his party's manifesto campaign with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of his campaign. he spoke

about growing up, caring for his mother and his father, who were ill from cancer. mother and his father, who were ill from cancer . the mother and his father, who were ill from cancer. the party leader said the experiences of carers are exhausting sometimes, but also full of love and reform. uk has set out its economic policy for the election . campaign plans include raising personal tax threshold allowances to £20,000, abolishing ir35 legislation for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to £150,000. and local media in greece report that doctor michael mosley, the tv nutritionist, died from natural causes after his body was found on a greek island. he went missing after leaving his wife and friends on wednesday. he appeared to have taken the wrong route back home and collapsed, where he couldn't easily be seen by search teams. where he couldn't easily be seen by search teams . those are the by search teams. those are the headlines. sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts .

news. com slash alerts. >> thank you polly, and thanks to all of you who've got in touch so far this afternoon. i'll go through some of your messages after the break. now, if you want to have your say on the big stories of the day, then here's bev turner with all the details. >> we are proud to be gb news the people's channel. and as you know, we always love to hear your views. now there's a new way of getting in touch with us @gbnews .com forward. slash your say by commenting. you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. you can even talk to me, bev turner or any of the members of the gb news family. simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay your say

>> this is gb news, and we are britain's election channel. >> this vote may seem to be about the politicians in the media, but it's actually about you . and we won't ever forget that. >> join us up and down the country as we follow every

moment together. >> now more than ever, it's important to hear all sides as you make your decision ahead of polling day. >> we're here for you. this is gb news the people's channel. >> britain's election . >> britain's election. channel. >> britain's election. channel. >> welcome back. it's 437 and loads of you have been getting in touch. and let's read out a few of your your saves before we get stuck into the uk elections. on the topic of the 212 year olds convicted of murdering a 19 year old boy with a machete, adrian says this as nigel farage said stop and search needs to be forefront in knife crime. take these people and these knives off of our streets. on the topic off of our streets. on the topic of manifestos came out today. lib dems first with their manifesto. they want to rejoin the european union. they said they want to rejoin the common market and citizen jones says this the lib dems manifesto is like turkeys voting for

christmas seems a bit harsh on the topic of labour's announcement today, labour majoring on education, free breakfasts at schools and also more nursery places for children. janice says this i keep hearing our leaders speak about offering nursery places or free breakfasts for kids, but these are all short term policies to really help people. they should be finding ways of helping them stay at home and look after their own children. children usually thrive better, being looked after and loved by their own parents. so janice, that flies in the face of the labour party theory, which is all about getting mums back into the workplace and not being at home. alex adds this what effects will the provision of free childcare have on the labour market? does the labour party really think that the shortages in the workforce will be filled by monday 9 to 5, monday to friday? will there be due diligence, or is it just going to be childcare for

shopping trips and brunches? thanks for those opinions. there'll be loads more before the end of the show , and let's the end of the show, and let's get more back now on the general election campaign with labour announcing today that they provide 100,000 nursery places and fund 6500 new teachers with their vat policy. this comes after shadow attorney general emily thornberry , admitted on emily thornberry, admitted on the camilla tominey show yesterday that class sizes may go yesterday that class sizes may 9° up yesterday that class sizes may go up if there's an influx of children into state schools . children into state schools. well, joining me now to discuss this and all the latest from the general election campaign is a labour party activist, susie stride. susie welcome to the show. education, education, education. it's feeling even more like 1997 all over again. let's start with this policy of free breakfasts in schools. you and i both know susie. there's no such thing as a free lunch, let alone a free breakfast. what on earth is this going to cost? when sadiq khan brought free school lunches into london, that

was £140 million a year. so where is the money coming from? for free breakfast for every child in britain . child in britain. >> i mean, i think we have well, the labour party have made it quite clear that they're going to end tax breaks on private schools and they're going to clamp down on tax evasion. and actually i interestingly, i work in schools this is my day job. i'm not political by background. and actually i can hear what some of your viewers are saying. ultimately, a breakfast club is not going to change a child's life, but it is the small things that make a difference. and when i had my child, i couldn't afford to go back to work. and this is replicated across the country where parents, mums and dads, you know, just decisions are made. and it's very difficult because the cost of childcare has rocketed and ultimately that is not good for the economy and that is not good for families . and actually, i for families. and actually, i would argue with one of your viewers, i'm not sure as a mum, you know, i think it was really healthy that i went back to work

early and what i did was i went back one day and then i also had my son, who's downstairs with my with my, my mum, completely happy and thriving. and i think you want my, my sister always said happy mums equal happy children . so i you know, i think children. so i you know, i think this is nuanced and what i would say is we made it very clear we are costing every policy. you know. and so i think, i think that that that fear and that worry, i think that's coming from somewhere else because we're making it very clear how we're making it very clear how we're paying for these policies. >> i mean, my mrs. is a teacher. you know, i struggle for many, many years putting all my cash into childcare. i get it. but isn't that a lifestyle choice? we choose to have children. how we take care of them should be the responsibility of the parents, not of the state. and if we have children, we should be able to afford to feed them. of course, there are already free school meals in place for the neediest. we can all agree that's a good idea. but why should middle class parents, affluent parents? why should every parent in britain get free food for their children? >> this is look, you know, i

live and work in tower hamlets. it's one of the most deprived areas in the country. i think it's a different story if your kid goes to eton, because there's not going to be that problem. let's be honest. but we live in a country where the starting place of every child is not the same. and because of that, and because we want all children to thrive, whatever their background, that means that we do believe in certain types of intervention, whether that be a breakfast club. but i think the bigger announcement today is about childcare. that hits everyone. you know, my friends, whether they're lawyers or whether they're midwives or whether they're doctors, this hits everyone dodi. and like like i say, whether you're a tory, vote a labour, vote lib dem vote or whatever voter, this is something that people are talking about because it's a big problem and it holds families back. and i would say it ends up having that detrimental impact upon , you know, whatever class upon, you know, whatever class background you are. so i think it is important, and i hear what you're saying about, you know , you're saying about, you know, should people be paying for this or paying for that? but again, i think what makes us great as a

country, we want everyone to thrive no matter what their background. should a child pay the cost of parents wrong decisions ? or should a child pay decisions? or should a child pay the cost because they live in a poorer area? you know, i know my answer on these things. i think the country is better when everyone fights. and i just want to say that you look at the scandal navian countries and they do better and they do better because their child care is better. so let's learn from these people. >> susie, i've been to sweden. i've done a huge amount of work on stay at home dads because stay at home dads get an absolute tiny amount of money. dads aren't encouraged to be active, involved parents, but the problem we've got here, susie, is that the base rate of tax in those countries in scandinavia is 50% plus. it costs a huge amount of money to pay costs a huge amount of money to pay for all this stuff. and is that the labour party flashing their goal to hear such ambitious plans to care for every child in the country that inevitably has to mean hiking up taxes. there's no such thing as a free breakfast. >> no, i mean, look, ultimately

we you know, we've made it really, really clear we are going to say to people that send their kids to private schools, there's not going to be that tax relief there. so we're going to make money from there. but also going to clamp down on people that are evading tax. so i think , “0, that are evading tax. so i think , no, not at all. i'm saying we learn the ideas of how to do childcare. the way we fund it is clearly not going to look like those countries. we've made it very, very clear. i think if we were saying we're going to do this and you were then asking, how are we going to fund it? and we were scratching our heads saying, oh, we don't know. that's not what's going on here. we're making it very, very clear there's not going to be that tax exemption for private schools. absolutely right. absolutely right. and also we're going to clamp down on tax evaders. and let's be honest again it doesn't matter what background you're from. people want to clamp down on people that are evading tax tax dodgers. let's go after them. great. you know you'll struggle to meet anyone that doesn't agree with that. so i think we're making it very, very clear. and i think this fear about this tax bomb i'm sorry. thatis about this tax bomb i'm sorry. that is a 1980s joke. and there

is no rational, logical, basis for it actually. and so i really think people need to stop going on about it. and i also would say that the last labour government didn't do that. blair didn't do that. anyway >> yeah, but but susie, look, i absolutely adore your passion. i get where you're coming from and i'm all for parents. my miss is the to my mum was a school teacher her entire life . you teacher her entire life. you know, i get it. but what i'm saying is this, you know , we are saying is this, you know, we are £2.8 trillion in debt. when tony blair came into power, the biscuit tin was full. now the bread and honey, the milk is all gone. there's nothing there. all of these things have to be paid for. why should hardworking taxpayers pay for middle class kids to get breakfast? it doesn't add up. >> yeah. i mean, my question would be, do you think the tories are going to do a better job? because let's be honest, it's 2010. what have they done to this economy? have they grown the economy? no. you know, i'm just like, let's be honest here. be great. if they had a good record, but they do not have a

good record infrastructure projects across this country. liz truss what she's devastated people that have got mortgages, you know, good people, probably tory voters. can i just say something not hysterical. i've had parliament in harlow and this is 2011, 2015. and it was tough on the doors , let me tell tough on the doors, let me tell you. i was, out, in milton keynes. and i'm shocked, but not by the number of tories that are saying i am not voting conservative. they are afraid of the conservatives. they are afraid of what liz truss and kwasi kwarteng did to this economy. and let's be honest, if me and you were talking rationally, we should be afraid. you know what has gone on with mortgages, what has gone on in this economy is the has the economy thrived under the tories in the last ten years? no. will it thrive under rachel reeves? yes. okay >> don't don't forget don't forget those. don't forget though, susie, we're in this pickle because of lockdowns. and that was a tory policy fully backed up by sir keir starmer. in fact , sir keir starmer wanted in fact, sir keir starmer wanted longer lockdowns. he wanted them sooner and he wanted them harder. that's why we're in this

mess. the blame game needs to stop. you guys most likely will get your go soon. listen, susie stride, you know you can't fault your enthusiasm. great debate. let's get you on again in the future. i absolutely adored that labour party. >> can i just say one last thing? i was going to say. the economy was recovering . the economy was recovering. the economy was recovering. the economy was recovering in 2015, if you remember, and they cut off that recovery because they did not invest. they did. and their austerity plans and their cuts, they cut off the recovery. >> so i wouldn't say susie stride, we i need to stop you literally in your stride. susie stride, an absolute delight to have you on. speak to you again soon. now harry dunn's mother has said she is unspeakably hurt after her son's killer refused to give live on his inquest. we'll bring you all the

welcome back. it's 451 now. harry dunn's mother has said she is unspeakably hurt after her

son's killer refused to give live evidence to his inquest. and dunn, of course, died in august 2019 when his motorbike was hit by a car driven by a us government employee , anne government employee, anne sacoolas. our reporter, wil hollis is at the inquest in northampton. well welcome to the show. a case that gripped the nafion show. a case that gripped the nation at the time. what's the latest today ? latest today? >> yes, well, harry dunn's mother says that it is bitterly disappointing that her son's killer and sacoolas wouldn't even appear at his inquest via video link, let alone in person . video link, let alone in person. >> she says that by choosing to hide in america this way, it is disrespectful to harry. this is five years now since harry dunn died in 2019 and while the family did get justice in anne sacoolas appearing at the old bailey in 2022 via video link to plead guilty to the to the

charge of causing death by careless driving after knocking harry dunn from his motorcycle while she was driving on the wrong side of the road in northampton . the family say that northampton. the family say that while they're not seeking justice anymore, they are still seeking answers as to why their son was killed. an inquest is, of course, not to attribute blame , but it is to find out the blame, but it is to find out the facts. the circumstances surrounding someone's death. and, as i say, the family has still been waiting for almost five years. and earlier this morning the families chose to speak to journalists on the steps of the northampton coroners court. >> he had to fight for three and a half years to even get to the old bailey to get our form of justice done, and then to have to wait another 18 months after that for our inquest. it's just, i think, pretty much unheard of, you know, and we've had to fight to get the inquest done as well. you know, it's just been an ongoing battle for almost five

years where we're tired , we're years where we're tired, we're exhausted, and unfortunately we are just a little bit angry with the us government for making us wait this long. but we're here now . there are things that we now. there are things that we need to learn, lessons that they need to learn, lessons that they need to learn as well, and we're jolly well determined to make sure that we do all we can to ensure that happens . ensure that happens. >> yes. well, the family say they are deeply concerned that safety is being neglected around american air bases here in the united kingdom today. american air bases here in the united kingdom today . we've united kingdom today. we've heard from the family and first responders, and tomorrow we will hear that written statement from anne sacoolas . anne sacoolas. >> okay. thank you. there. will hollis. that's from the inquest in northampton. thanks for joining us and giving us that update. now, all the major parties have been out and about today and they're taking lumps out of each other. the election campaign is really hotting up. first of all, labour kicked off with education jonathan ashworth

steve rammed into the tories, saying that the money's simply not there . desperate, they're not there. desperate, they're making up as they go along. rishi sunak came out of his bunker and finally spoke. we'll have all of the latest from the general election campaign trail. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. not sure whether with aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news showers at first during the rest of the day, but they will tend to ease inland later with clear skies overnight leading to a chilly feel by the start of tomorrow. we've got a northerly airflow across the uk at the moment. low pressure moving into the continent, leaving behind a lot of cloud and quite frequent showers, especially for the nonh showers, especially for the north and the east of the uk. but inland those showers will

tend to ease overnight. still the odd one going, but many places will turn drier with clear spells and out of the breeze overnight. under those clear skies, temperatures in some spots will fall into the mid single figures, perhaps even a touch of grass frost first thing tuesday in the most sheltered spots, but actually plenty of sunny spells as well, particularly across southern parts of england into south wales . the midlands seeing some wales. the midlands seeing some bright weather. first thing temperatures rising fairly quickly through the morning as well. there'll be a lot of cloud, especially towards the north. 1 or 2 showers for northern ireland, northern england, but the most frequent showers by this stage will be across the north and the east of scotland, where the thickest cloud will be and we're going to see this cool breeze continuing from the north. and as the morning continues, we'll see further showers crop up here and there. just about anywhere could get a shower, but the most frequent downpours will once again be across scotland, northern and eastern england .

northern and eastern england. fewer showers general compared to monday, but still quite a number of them towards the east. in the west, that's where the best of the sunshine will be. highs here of 17 or 18 celsius. then through tuesday evening those showers continue for a time, but actually overnight it turns mostly dry with clear spells as a ridge of high pressure builds in. that will lead to a fine day on wednesday. for many of us. doesn't last though. more rain to come on thursday, followed by showers on fri day. >> friday. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, we're

going to hear from the parents of the 19 year old boy killed in a horrific machete attack by 212 year old boys, and they become the youngest convicted murderers since the killers of jamie bulger were jailed . and that's bulger were jailed. and that's just 24 hours, 24 days to go. beg your pardon ? until the beg your pardon? until the general election. and rishi sunak has said he won't quit after his d—day debacle. labour want free breakfast for all british schoolkids and reform wants to slash your taxes. meanwhile, the liberal democrats, well, they want to rejoin the single market. we'll have all the latest from the campaign trail, including a brand new interview with lib dem leader sir ed davey. and the results are for in the european union elections. and we've seen an historic backlash against brussels with a surge in votes for parties who want stricter immigration controls and kick him back against net zero taxes. now, with snap general elections called in france, belgium and possibly even germany, is the

writing on the wall for the european union. and ten years on from the untimely death of rik mayall, we look back on the staggering work and legacy of an irreplaceable, much missed comedy legend. and that's all coming up in your next hour. what was the show? always a pleasure to have your company? well, they say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but today the labour party promised free breakfast for every school child in britain. what's this going to cost? well, i'll be joined by anneliese dodds in the studio later this hour. and i will ask her, because i know there's no such thing as a free lunch. do the labour party, let alone a free breakfast. and why should taxpayers have to pay for every single child in britain to be fed at school ? there are already fed at school? there are already free lunches for the most impoverished children , and

impoverished children, and rightly so. but is it really your duty to feed every child across the land? get in touch the usual ways. send your opinions in gbnews.com/yoursay but before all of that is your headunes but before all of that is your headlines with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thanks very much indeed. and good evening to you. well, our top story from the gb newsroom is that two boys have become the youngest convicted murderers in britain since the killing of two year old james bulger in 1993. the 12 year olds were found guilty of murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park . they stabbed wolverhampton park. they stabbed 19 year old sean c zahawi in november last year. the jury's decision to convict was unanimous , as the murdered man's unanimous, as the murdered man's parents say they'll never be able to get over the loss of their son. >> i was outside in the living room and her phone rang and she answered the call and she started crying. i asked her what

happened.she started crying. i asked her what happened. she said, sean gets stabbed. i said, what happened? she started crying. she cannot talk. >> the parents of sean zahawi, they're now. in other news today, the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy last week. it comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend , avoiding questions the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased . he may step down. increased. he may step down. well, now he's vowing he won't stop fighting for the future of the country. i'm energised about the country. i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country . forward for the country. >> this campaign is only not even halfway through yet and i'm finding enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to

take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day. >> rishi sunak. well, he's also promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories are re—elected. rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration, health surcharge for overseas students. labour is calling that another empty promise from a desperate conservative party but the policing minister, chris philp, says the tories aim to build on their recent recruitment programme . recruitment programme. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers. we've already got those extra 8000 officers will be dedicated to neighbourhood policing . that neighbourhood policing. that means patrolling your local high street, patrolling the areas where where you and me and our your listeners and viewers live visibly patrolling. catching criminals, preventing crime, reassuring the public.

>> well, labour is promising to deliver free breakfast clubs for children in schools as part of their new child care plan they say will save parents over £400 annually. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days of school absences . million days of school absences. and for parents who already pay for before school childcare, labour says funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50 a week. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, saying the policy will help get working parents back to work. >> as any parent with young children will tell you, childcare and nursery places are really essential. they're so good for children in their development and making sure that when they arrive at primary school , they've got the skills school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market. so very good. also for the economy and our scheme is fully funded, fully costed, but also fully planned, so it will be wrapped around primary schools. >> sir keir starmer, well the

liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the centre of the campaign. said spoke about his own experience caring for his own experience caring for his mother and grandmother at home before they died . and the home before they died. and the party leader said his experience and the experiences of other carers carers are exhausting sometimes, but also full of love and these are the experiences that we must bring out of the shadows . shadows. >> because the truth is that unless we properly value care, unless we properly value care, unless we properly support carers, we will never be able to fix the crisis in our nhs or get our economy back on track . our economy back on track. >> meanwhile, reform uk has been setting out its economic policy for the election campaign plans include raising the personal tax threshold to £20,000, abolishing ir35 legislation for sole traders and raising the vat

threshold for small businesses to £150,000. now, police in greece are saying tv nutritionist doctor michael mosley died from natural causes after his body was found following a four day search effort. the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the island of symi on wednesday. he appears to have taken the wrong route home and collapsed where he couldn't be seen easily by search teams. and those are the latest news headlines. for the latest to sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts . to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much, polly. now we start this hour with our brand new interview with lib dem leader sir ed davey. he's told our political editor, chris hope, that he's held talks with european union leaders about

closer ties with europe, but won't give a timeline on when the uk should join the single market. well, let's have a listen to this astonishing interview ed davey. >> will you be prime minister on july the 5th? >> when i took over the leadership of the liberal democrats in 2019, we'd have three really tough elections and we lost our way a little bit. and my first speech, you may remember i said, we need to wake up and smell the coffee and what i said i wanted to do was really listen to people listen to their concerns and make sure that when we got to this election, our policies responded to them . and policies responded to them. and that's one of the reasons why today, in the launch of our fair deal for britain, we've talked about rescuing the health service, we've talked about the cost of living. we've talked about things like the sewage scandal. and i think more and more people are coming to our cause, i've you've heard me say that i think we can win lots of seats off conservatives in the home counties in the west country and elsewhere, and i

think we could be on a bit of a roller coaster ride here and very well. >> ed davey pm because jo swinson said so in 2020. well what i think you should do in election is not take the voters for granted . for granted. >> one of my criticisms of the conservatives is that they've taken their own voters for granted. you know, people who've been voting conservative all their lives feel really let down. they feel that rishi sunak and the conservatives are totally out of touch . and so totally out of touch. and so dunng totally out of touch. and so during this campaign, i'm not going to focus about what happens after the election. i'm going to focus on listening to people and explain to people our policies and our ideas . and i policies and our ideas. and i think the more we do that, the more we will win people to our colours. >> what is liberalism? what is it? >> oh, it's holding the very powerful to account and helping ordinary people be more powerful. so make sure they've got the health services they need. got the health services they need . make sure they can get need. make sure they can get a decent affordable homes. make sure their children get an opportunity to make sure that the water companies don't get away with pumping their filthy sewage. so liberalism is about

making sure that the vast majority of people get a fair deal >> so this document is this, manifesto is aimed at labour voters or tory voters because it seems quite labour votary, you know, you're lifting the two two limit, and child benefit cap championed human rights, free school meals for children. and so it goes on. 0.7 percent of aid spending. this is aimed at labour voters , right? labour voters, right? >> no, it's aimed at liberal democrat voters. people. who are they then? well, they're going to come from all parts of the spectrum, and we're finding them on our doorsteps. people who've previously voted labour all their lives, like what we're saying. but actually people, this is a really big difference . this is a really big difference. i've never seen this in my political lifetime. lifelong conservatives saying they're fed up with conservatives and they're going to vote liberal democrat. and in that, policy document, our manifesto , there's document, our manifesto, there's lots of things, i think, traditional conservatives will like our focus on restoring proper community policing , for proper community policing, for example. so there's a burglaries investigated exactly . tackling investigated exactly. tackling the burglaries, which under the

surface haven't, haven't been tackled . but let me give you tackled. but let me give you other examples. our economic policies , i mean, people used to policies, i mean, people used to think they could trust the conservatives with their money. they can't anymore. they've massively increased taxes, actually, in that, that document , we've got a capital gains tax cut for most people who i mention here, i can't see any. well, you heard me. and i say it again. the document. no. well it should be because we've talked about capital gains tax reform. and in that reform , about two and in that reform, about two thirds of people who pay capital gains tax. and let's remember, it's only 1% of the population who do. but two thirds of them will either pay no more or pay less. it's only the multi—millionaires and the billionaires who pay a higher tax rate, so i think that's just fair. and i think the vast majority of tory voters will like it. and i mean, let me give you another example . take what you another example. take what we're saying on the british army. >> yeah, 100,000. >> yeah, 100,000. >> we want to reverse the conservative cuts to the british army . i think that's the right army. i think that's the right thing to do. >> so you're facing both labour and the tories, aren't you? you're kind of you're you're defined by your opponents . each

defined by your opponents. each time where you are, you are. oh, no. sorry, christopher. so grossly unfair to you know you're doing that. >> i'm not, i'm saying here's some great, ambitious liberal democrat ideas. come and come and come and read them. come and talk to us about them. and i hopefully you'll you'll really like them. and not only that, we've got great candidates who'll be real fantastic champions for their local champions, is the idea. yeah, yeah. champions, is the idea. yeah, yeah . and then national yeah. and then national champions. right. so you, you champions. right. so you, you champion your area in westminster but also you are part of the national debate . part of the national debate. >> is it a waste of vote if you're not not saying you'll be, you're not not saying you'll be, you can be prime minister is it a waste of vote to have local champions. not not mps who are in a big party that can run the country, listen, i think getting a great local champion in westminster can make a massive difference for a family, a community. oh. huge examples. i mean, honestly, it's a really interesting in the west country where, you know, we had many mps, people are saying they remember when they had a liberal democrat mp , they were visible, democrat mp, they were visible, they helped them. they championed the area , they got championed the area, they got things done. and one of the

reasons why conservative voters are switching to us in those traditional areas from , you traditional areas from, you know, from cornwall and saint ives to taunton and yeovil and wells and mid dorset and so many places like that , people are places like that, people are switching to us because they say, you know what? when we had a liberal democrat mp, we actually saw them. they actually did stuff. they cared for us and they want that back. >> you do mention brexit now brexit was a big debate in 2019. of course that's been and gone. but you do say you're a four stage process to get towards single market entry. is that this decade, if you have any control of power? >> well, it's difficult to say because the conservatives have so poisoned, britain's relationship with our nearest neighbours in europe that it's going to take quite a while to rebuild the trust. i mean, i, i genuinely don't know. i genuinely don't know. i genuinely don't know. and i know you like me to say it's going to happen there, but i can't know, can i? because we need to engage with them. we have a four stage process. we couldn't be clearer, but the things we'd like to do for that, one of the things we'd

like to do is to get a better trade deal. i mean, the trade deal that boris johnson the conservatives got has been a disaster. >> that's been reviewed, of course, isn't it? yeah. >> so there's a chance to review it and we'd get a much better trade deal. i've spoken with european politicians who say, you know what it trade is in our mutual benefit. >> we don't like open all the horrors of no horrors, just just the divisiveness of brexit. >> no, we don't want to do that. we absolutely don't want to do that because it was for many people, it was it was exhausting. and that's one of the reasons why we're we're being, i think, very practical, very realistic , taking a step by very realistic, taking a step by step approach. but i do genuinely think better relationships with your neighbours is a good thing. >> it's not a way to vote for the liberal democrats. >> i think it's a very powerful vote. i actually think it's the most powerful vote anyone can cast in the 4th of july. >> okay, just finally here, you want a tax policy that recognises how high taxes have gone under the tory party. but all you're committing to is raising the personal allowance, nothing else on rates. they'll stay where they are. will they? >> yeah. well we don't think taxes should go up. i mean, the conservatives have put taxes up

to record levels. and that's one of the reasons why we want to go up as well. >> were they. >> were they. >> well, what we've said in the manifesto is we would like as our first priority for tax cuts when resources allow, when the pubuc when resources allow, when the public finances allow to take people out of tax and people know that we did that before and they know that the conservatives have reversed that. so if you if you believe in helping low paid out of tax, a liberal democrat vote is a good one. if you want to push more people into tax, vote conservative. sir davey. >> thanks for joining vote conservative. sir davey. >> thanks forjoining us vote conservative. sir davey. >> thanks for joining us today on gb news. thank you. thank you. >> well, ed davey talking to our political editor, chris hobart, i'm now joined by anthony brown, who's the minister for aviation and the future of transport . and the future of transport. thanks for joining and the future of transport. thanks forjoining us, and the future of transport. thanks for joining us, anthony. thanks for joining us, anthony. thanks for joining us, anthony. thanks for your patience of coming on the show. i know you've been on hold now, ed davey. there is on the warpath. he's basically saying that they intend to win lots of seats off the tories in the south east, the tories in the south east, the west country and the south west . the tories have taken your west. the tories have taken your voters for granted . is this the

voters for granted. is this the problem for you, anthony brown? ed davey is gunning for you in the blue wall. nigel farage is gunning for your votes in the red wall. that's a horrible pincer movement to be caught in. >> well, it is. there's no different from last time . different from last time. >> and the point about both reform party and the lib dems are all they will do. neither of them will form a government. >> i mean, ed davey didn't want to say it, but clearly he's not going to be prime minister on the 5th of july, and all you're going to have is a conservative government led by rishi sunak or a labour government led by keir starmer, and a vote for reform or a vote for lib dems. all it's going to do is make it more likely that there's a socialist government led by keir starmer. and that's what voters need to really make a choice about. who do they want? this is a unique opportunity. you know, once in a five year opportunity to choose the government of the country . the government of the country. >> and that's the decision they need to focus on, because actually, the details of the lib dem policies aren't really a good debating point. >> and i'm sure you'll ask me about them. and i'm very interested to talk about the single market. but, ultimately it just doesn't matter because they're not going to be in

government, don't you think? >> mr brown? you need to do something a bit better than say, oh, it's going to be terrible if anybody else gets in, it'll be much, much worse. that may have worked in 2019. i took part in that election. jeremy corbyn was the tories 12th man. but is that going to work any more ? rather going to work any more? rather than saying things can only get worse, how about some optimism ? worse, how about some optimism? how about things can only get better? >> well, we have been offering a whole. you're right. look, people vote about the future and they vote. and it's. i'm certainly a naturally suffer from optimism bias. and i'd like to sell good things and the we have been in this lecture in this election campaign. we have been coming out with a whole series of different policies, that are about making britain a better country. so today we had the announcement about 8000 extra neighbourhood police officers , fully warranted officers, fully warranted officers. we had the announcement about defence increasing defence spending by 25. >> we had the announcement about not taxing , state pensions, not taxing, state pensions, which is a real clear dividing line between labour and conservatives, because actually, remarkably, labour didn't commit to this. >> and you'll end up with situation where the government, a labour government, would be

giving out a state pension and then clawing some of it back in taxes. so anyway, we're making all these announcements . it is a all these announcements. it is a very positive, it is ultimately a very positive agenda. we want to bring taxes down. and you're right, as ed davey said , that, right, as ed davey said, that, you know, taxes are too high. we completely agree with that. we all know the reasons for it. we had the pandemic. we had the cost of living crisis. we spent nearly £500 billion supporting families and businesses. and i'm sure the other opposition parties would be the first to complain if we haven't spent that. but there is no magic money tree and ultimately we do have to pay it back. and that's why taxes are at the level they are. i wish they weren't. i wish we, you know, we absolutely need to get them down. we started getting them down in terms of national insurance, we've had two cuts on that. the manifestos being published tomorrow. who knows what else it will say, beyond that, i've got to wait and see, but, you know, i know , and see, but, you know, i know, in the heart of the conservative party, we are as low tax as we can possibly be. >> okay, we've still got the highest taxes since world war ii highest taxes since world war i! then. but can i get you on this point of rejoining the european union, or at least rejoining the

single market, it's an ironic isn't thing, isn't it? that last night, the election in the european union has flung the european union has flung the european union has flung the european union more back towards the political right and ed davey astonishingly , wants to rejoin astonishingly, wants to rejoin that allegiance. but it's for okay us to kind of pick that policy apart, but undeniably , policy apart, but undeniably, even though he probably doesn't have the much power to do so, it probably will land well with those yellow wall blue wall voters, won't it? i don't know quite how haaland actually, because it's just announced it and i'll just be talking to people, but i the rejoining the single market is the worst of both worlds and it's you can have a debate about brexit and you know, you have done endlessly and you don't want to take that debate now, but the single market that we will be, will have to adopt all the rules of the eu without any, say in what those rules are, and it's completely incompatible for a nafion completely incompatible for a nation like the uk, like financial services, for example, where i've got a lot of professional experience, i used to negotiate all the regulations , eu regulations, in the eu with the european council and the

commission and the, the parliament, but we just have to accept all those rules for our biggest sector on the world's biggest sector on the world's biggest international financial centre, without being able to have any say over what those rules are. and as mark carney said, and andrew bailey said previously, i'm the governor of the bank of england, is that this could lead to financial instability, that actually our biggest sector , crucial for biggest sector, crucial for economic growth, but also huge assets there. we wouldn't be able to decide the rules under which they the so—called prudential rules, which make sure banks are stable. it's completely unconscionable and then rule lots of rules in all different markets where we operate would end up in a situation where, countries that don't necessarily have our very best interests in hand. commercial competitors will be able to introduce rules that we'd have to abide by. okay, and, we would have no say over it. it's it just shows that the lib dems just haven't thought this through at all. and i'm sure when voters start thinking about it a little bit, basically being a vassal state, accepting rules we have no say on, then

they would reject it absolutely, wholeheartedly . wholeheartedly. >> okay. we have to leave it there. anthony brown, who's the minister for aviation and the future of transport, thank you very much for joining future of transport, thank you very much forjoining us on gb news. and let's speak now with our political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to the show . so, a bit of a dark horse ed davey. and there you are, a political roller coaster, quite literally. you're at thorpe park now via the medium of the paddle board, the waterslide, the bike , board, the waterslide, the bike, and now the roller coaster. ed davey is coming up on the inside . could it be something of a dark horse and caused the tories trouble in those seats ? trouble in those seats? >> yes. hi, martin, welcome to thorpe park here. ed davey has gone off to another ride, actually, somewhere , deep in the actually, somewhere, deep in the heart of all these rides here in surrey . and, yeah, we are in surrey. and, yeah, we are in blue wall blue, tory country and the lib dems are here, planting their their flags. definitely on tory turf. i mean, anthony brown is right to an extent that normally this document here, this lib dem document, this manifesto, it won't really mean anything in here is going to

happen, after the election, unless there's a coalition. at that point, we look back at this document and work out where is the common ground between probably the labour party and the liberal democrats? polls can narrow . we saw it happen in 2017 narrow. we saw it happen in 2017 when the tories were miles ahead .then when the tories were miles ahead . then it was a hung parliament. a deal was done by theresa may with the dup back in 2010. again, another hung, with the dup back in 2010. again, another hung , another again, another hung, another coalition was formed with liberal democrats . so this is liberal democrats. so this is really is a wish list for the liberal democrats. nothing more than that. and when you ask ed davey aside, what's the point of it all? he says he wants to create local champions, maybe as many as 50 local champions who can fight for individual people, individual communities when they're elected . so yeah, but they're elected. so yeah, but i think ed davey he's having fun. he's at thorpe park, he's doing the rides. he wants to show there's fun in politics, but also a degree of seriousness. and the big story, i think the big issue might be for, viewers and listeners of gb news is if they get anywhere near power, they get anywhere near power, they want to get a lot closer to they want to get a lot closer to the european union, maybe the

single market where we take the rules, but we don't make them. >> brexit, the ultimate roller coaster ride. and here we are once again, talking about it. chris hope, always a delight to have you on the show live there from thorpe park. now the parents of sean cihocki are have spoken about the horrific machete attack by 212 year old boys which killed their 19 year old son in wolverhampton last november , and they say they'll november, and they say they'll never get over the tragic loss of their beloved son. his two attackers have become the youngest convicted murderers in the uk since the killers of james bulger in 1993, and a home security editor, mark white, is across this story. mark, welcome to the show a barbaric crime, one that simply earning imaginable one committed by 212 year olds. once again mark it. it poses a huge question should these children be identified? >> well, that's certainly something i think that the trial judge will have to take into

consideration when she passes sentence. we think some time in july. but you're right in saying that this was a horrific murder. it would be a murder that we would report on anyhow. but of course, much more notable for the fact that the two killers were just 12 years old and carrying a massive machete. this incident happened in november of last year, and during the murder trial at nottingham crown court, the jury was shown some cctv footage and that cctv footage showed the area, in wolverhampton and playing fields in the wolverhampton area where the late at night and this is a train station obviously , where train station obviously, where both the victim and the perpetrators were seen on that

cctv vie. now, according to prosecutors , they say that the prosecutors, they say that the victim had done nothing to antagonise the defendant who had this machete with them. that one of the friends of the victim ran away when they were attacked, looked back to see sean city.he falling over and being kicked and punched, and then ultimately being stabbed repeatedly with this machete , a 20 centimetre this machete, a 20 centimetre fatal wound was inflicted on the back of the victim in that machete, we're told, had gone so far into the victim's chest cavity that it penetrated the heart and almost exited the other side of his chest, and he

died just minutes after police and paramedics reached the scene. well, west midlands police, who conducted this investigation, past, or carried out an interview with the family . the parents of the victim are really just difficult, interview to listen to. but this is part of that video that the west midlands police have now published . published. >> i was outside in the living room and her phone rang and she answered the call and she started crying. i asked her what happened. started crying. i asked her what happened . she said, sean gets happened. she said, sean gets stabbed. i said, what happened? she started crying. she cannot talk . take the phone from her, talk. take the phone from her, i asked him. i say , what happened asked him. i say, what happened to sean? he said, sean gets stabbed. i said, sean is okay.

he said, no, sean pass away. she keeps saying that now. soon she will graduate next two years from now. she expects her brothers to be there . she crying brothers to be there. she crying that she don't have a brother anymore and that affect us a lot when she say things like that and she keep crying, it's hard on her right now. it's very hard on her right now. it's very hard on her. >> so yeah, it's a devastating, murder of a child that the parents of sean cpih have had to come to terms with. and the pertinent questions you mentioned there about whether these 212 year olds will be named that certainly possible. but there's also the other question, of course , about how question, of course, about how 212 year olds could have been in possession of a deadly weapon like a machete, and not just once. this was , according to once. this was, according to witnesses during this trial, a regular occurrence where one or other of these boys would carry this weapon.

>> okay. thank you, mike white for updating us on the most harrowing case. now, moving on to the most significant night in european politics since we voted to leave the european union and the cosy euro establishment is reeling after voters gave them a kicking. the result was so bad for the belgian government. the country's prime minister has resign ed after french president emmanuel macron's party suffered major losses. he called a snap election a decision that's been branded an extraordinary gamble and one that wiped ,60 billion off the value of the paris stock exchange this morning . well, i'm exchange this morning. well, i'm joined now by professor anand menon, who's the director of uk in a changing europe. welcome to the show, professor menon. so an an astonishing night in europe and a huge wake up call to the eu . tell us more. eu. tell us more. >> it's certainly a wake up call in some countries like particularly france and germany. i mean the picture is different in different countries. so the social democrats, the incumbents did all right in denmark, for instance, in sweden, the right

wing party didn't do as well as expected. but i think in france and germany and in germany for the governing coalition, for france, for the political system as a whole. you're absolutely right. this was something of a wake up call. >> and there's been another massive backlash. and that is against the green movement. they've dropped 20 odd meps. and it seems when people get a chance to vote on green policies, they're kicking back against net zero. >> yeah, that seems to be very much the case. it's most marked in germany where of course it's slightly mixed in with the fact that people are really unhappy with the coalition government . with the coalition government. >> so there are a variety of factors behind it. but absolutely, the greens performed far worse than they'd been expecting and hoping and actually , the other thing that's actually, the other thing that's interesting in the european continent is the number of young people who are willing to vote for the right wing parties, which is something that actually doesn't happen so much in this country, but is quite a feature of european politics. >> yeah, it's all changed in the european union . thank you so european union. thank you so much for joining european union. thank you so much forjoining us for european union. thank you so much for joining us for a european union. thank you so much forjoining us for a quick much for joining us for a quick hit there. professor anand menon, who's the director of uk in a changing europe and loads and loads to talk about in that

case there and that's astonishing switch of young voters in europe towards the right wing parties. that's something we don't see here. and there's lots and lots to think about about that now . thanks to about about that now. thanks to everybody who's got in touch today on the show so far. and if you want to make your points, go to gbnews.com/yoursay i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 533. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now. there's lots more still to come. between now and 6:00. there's more reaction to the sad news that tv doctor michael mosley has died. police say he died of natural causes. but first, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> the headlines this hour. two boys have become the youngest

convicted murderers in britain since the killing of two year old james bulger in 1993. the 12 year olds were found guilty of murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park. murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park . they in a wolverhampton park. they stabbed 19 year old sean cci in november last year. the jury's decision to convict was unanimous. his parents have said they'll never get over the loss of their son. in other news, today , the prime minister says today, the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy last week. it comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend , avoiding questions the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased . he may step down and increased. he may step down and the prime minister's promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories are re—elected. rishi sunak saying the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students . but labour is calling

students. but labour is calling it another empty promise from a desperate conservative party. meanwhile, labour is promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools as part of a new child care plan they say will save parents over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days of school absences for parents who already pay for before school, childcare . labour says school, childcare. labour says it's funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50 a week, and the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the centre of his campaign . sir ed centre of his campaign. sir ed spoke about growing up caring for both his mother and grandmother at home, adding the experiencing of carers is exhausting sometimes, but also full of love. and reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election. campaign plans include raising personal tax threshold allowances to £20,000, abolishing ir35 leave for sole

traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to £150,000. lastly, greek police say tv nutritionist doctor michael mosley died from natural causes after his body was recovered following a four day search. the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the island of symi on wednesday . he appeared symi on wednesday. he appeared to have taken the wrong route back to his hotel and collapsed, where he couldn't be seen easily by search teams. that's the news for the latest stories , do sign for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . gb news. com slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> well, here's a quick snapshot of today's markets and the pound , buying you $1.2729 and

,1.1840. the price of gold is £1,814.02 an ounce, and the ftse 100 has closed for the day to day at 8228 points. cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> leckie poly now's my favourite part of the show now because i'm joined by michelle juby, the queen of prime time political debate. jubes welcome to the show. what's on your menu? hello. >> well of course, manifest week this week. >> what do people actually want to see in this manifest show? and actually, do you think that these things are even worth the paper that they're written on? hardly anyone seems to stick to what they promise these days. do they also, of course, i've heard you talking about this, martin. i find this absolutely fascinating. the rise of the right across europe. what does it all mean? i want to look at some of the reactions people

have been having an absolute meltdown. i mean, hello, have they not seen this coming ? these they not seen this coming? these whole notions of far right, hard right, extreme right. what about just basically being right? so many people have been raising concerns, martin, on controlled immigration. they don't buy into this obsession about net zero. they want criminals to be punished. and so on and so forth. so i want to look at the outcome here. what it tells us. i want to know things like globalisation are people rejecting it now? and also what do we think it might mean for the general election here in this country. and if i can try and squeeze it in because i've got a packed shirt, i want to look at the state of water in our country as well. traces of faeces in our drinking water in 2024. absolutely disgraceful. and i've got a former tory cabinet minister on the panel tonight as well. i won't reveal who it is. if you want to know, you'll have to watch an action packed menu. >> as ever, the spirit of brexit very much alive dewbs& co six till seven. now in a few minutes

i'll be joined by the labour chair, anneliese dodds, here in studio to talk there's no such thing as a free

welcome back. your time is 542. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now. i'm joined in the studio now by the labour party chair, anneliese dodds, who joins me. delightful to have you in the studio. caught my eye today. labour's education policy is like 1997 all over again. education, education, an education, the subject of free breakfasts in school. now we all know there's no such thing as a free lunch. so there's no such thing as a free breakfast. how much will this cost? >> well, you're right, it's not free. it will cost around £365 million. now, we would pay for that through our programme to make sure that we're cracking down on tax avoidance, and also that we're having a proper non—dom tax regime, not the one full of holes that the conservatives have set out. we

think this is really important because there's a very strong body of evidence about this. if kids have a decent breakfast before they're starting their school work, then they're well settled. it's got significant health benefits, but it has really significant educational benefits as well. in fact, it's one of the best things that you can do in a school. so you make sure you get those better results for the children. >> sadiq khan free lunches, which aren't free, cost £140 million a year. that's for only 500,000 children. there are almost 13 million children in the uk. how come your your policy is only almost twice, three times as much? >> well, people are very welcome to check out all of the working on that. we've looked at exactly how much those breakfast costs currently. some of them previously were funded through the sugar tax. people might remember this having been an announcement a number of years ago, but there's not a universal programme . we are determined to programme. we are determined to deliver a universal programme because all the evidence shows when you have a programme that's

available to all children, not only are you helping the parents as well, because they've got that extra childcare at the beginning of the school day, but you're also delivering the greatest benefits. >> why should every child get a free breakfast or a free lunch? i mean, at the moment, 2 million kids get free school meals. we can all agree that the neediest should have it. why should well—off middle class or even, you know, wealthy parents get a free breakfast that everybody pays for? why is that fair to hardworking taxpayers ? hardworking taxpayers? >> because we see such clear benefits from this . where you've benefits from this. where you've had that approach in schools, the children are, in the main, far better settled. they're ready to learn because they're not just coming in, running into the classroom . as soon as the the classroom. as soon as the bell is rung, they're ready. they're of course well fed as well. nutritional breakfast that they're receiving before they come in. and there's one other aspect as well that's really important for this. you know, we've seen following covid, of course, many children who haven't had that social experience necessarily when they were very young. it gives you

that additional period of interaction between the children that being supervised by adults. and again, that has very strong benefits. >> one of the huge differences between 1997 and now is the state of the economy . state of the economy. >> now we're 12 point sort of 2.8 billion trillion. beg your pardon. what's a billion? a trillion in that? the biscuit tin is completely empty. the only way of increasing revenue is to put up taxes or to print money. the magic money tree has been burned to the ground. where is the money going to come from for the labour party to turn the country around. >> so we would make different choices on taxation. we've been very clear that we don't believe that the tax burden should go up on working people, so we won't be increasing income tax , vat or be increasing income tax, vat or national insurance. we would though , make different choices though, make different choices when it comes to, for example, tackling tax dodging. as i said before, when it comes to having a proper windfall tax that doesn't have holes in it like the government's one when it comes to vat and business rates

breaks for private schools. and finally, when it comes to private equity taxation as well, different choices. so that we can ultimately make sure that we're turning our country around and our public services within that. >> but if you tax non—doms are presumably clear off abroad, if you tax north sea oil, presumably clear off abroad, if you tax north sea oil , they you tax north sea oil, they presumably won't invest in britain. if you make the tax regime hostile in the uk, the investment won't come. haven't haven't the labour party learned from the mistakes of history that higher taxation, it just causes a huge brain drain. people don't passively sit around and wait to be taxed to the hilt. they clear off. >> well, actually, the evidence has indicated that that's not the case when it comes to, for example , non—dom taxation. you example, non—dom taxation. you don't see that kind of regime in every country. it's something that's quite peculiar to the uk in terms of how it's operated. and in fact, we think it's really important that if people live here, they should pay tax here. now, i think that's what the vast majority of british taxpayers believe. and they're

right. that's what labour would ensure . ensure. >> anneliese dodds labour chair, thank you very much for joining us in the gb news studio, now about to be joined by comedian to pay tribute to one of the giants of british comedy, rik mayall, who sadly died ten years ago yesterday. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 10 to 6. now. to the post—mortem. into the death of tb. doctor michael mosley. and police say he died of natural causes on the day he went missing on the greek island of symi . and earlier in the show, symi. and earlier in the show, i spoke to gregory leon, who is a forensic doctor. >> yes. well, first of all, as you know, today has made , also you know, today has made, also the post—mortem examination to the post—mortem examination to the morgue , i think a day before the morgue, i think a day before was, the examination of the scene of the scene that was

found, mr moss lee, so first of all, i want to say also, as a doctor, that i'm very sad for his loss, also because , he's his loss, also because, he's a colleague, but as we can see, from the first signs of the post—mortem examination, as we know, is a natural death, but we have to wait also the laboratory exams because, they will do histology exams and also toxicology exams that will conclude all the forensic investigation, but i think that, we can we can speak from now for more, probably a natural death now, ten years ago yesterday, we lost the legend . lost the legend. >> rick. male. some say the rick male opened the door for many of the young alternative comedians that are coming out today. the young alternative comedians that are coming out today . and that are coming out today. and he's still massively, massively missed. well, joining me now is

the comedian bruce devlin. bruce, welcome to the show. ten years on, many, many people are still feeling the loss . as sure still feeling the loss. as sure and as sore as it was yesterday, and as sore as it was yesterday, an immense talent and one that's simply irreplaceable . i think simply irreplaceable. i think it's exactly what you say a huge talent. and not only as a comedian, but as an actor, a writer and someone who had been quite prolific in terms of coming up and along with others, birthing is seen, which people like myself and others owe a huge debt because had it not been for trailblazers like him, adrian edmondson, jennifer and dawn, i don't think we would have comedy in the way that we do . you know, comic strip young do. you know, comic strip young ones. do. you know, comic strip young ones . alan, you know what, kevin ones. alan, you know what, kevin turvey bottom. i even like filthy rich and catflap. i don't think he did a single bad thing. >> no, i don't think he did. >> no, i don't think he did. >> and also when he played alan b'stard new statesman and people said that that was an incredibly accurate portrayal of cabinet

life at that time, and also as well, an award winner . well, an award winner. >> and he won an emmy for his voiceover of toad and wind in the willows and obviously drop dead fred . so not only our dead fred. so not only our comedian, but a brilliant comic and straight actor as well. >> and do you think he's like, will ever be, seen again? or was he simply a one off? they broke the mould. >> i think he was pretty unique, and i think a lot of his colleagues would say that as well, so yeah, i'm not necessarily sure you've of course, you're going to have people that will come through that will have similar abilities. but he was very much he was very unique. >> well, i know what i'm doing tonight, bruce. i'm going to get tucked in to some back catalogue . filthy rich and catflap. that was my favourite superstar of bruce devlin . thank you very bruce devlin. thank you very much for joining bruce devlin. thank you very much forjoining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. ten years on, still missing rik mayall. now that's all from me for now. dewbs& co of course is up next. i'll be back at 3:00 tomorrow morning, 3:00 tomorrow.

now, don't forget, the general election campaign is well underway , £6 billion wiped off underway, £6 billion wiped off the value of the paris stock exchange today by emmanuel macron. calling that snap election . the spirit of brexit election. the spirit of brexit very much alive . beating in the very much alive. beating in the eu. now it's time for your weather with aidan mcgivern. see you tomorrow . you tomorrow. >> for a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news showers at first during the rest of the day, but they will tend to ease inland later with clear skies overnight leading to a chilly feel by the start of tomorrow. we've got a northerly airflow across the uk at the moment. low pressure moving into the continent, leaving behind a lot of cloud and quite frequent showers, especially for the nonh showers, especially for the north and the east of the uk.

but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight. still the odd one going, but many places will turn drier with clear spells and out of the breeze overnight. under those clear skies, temperatures in some spots will fall into the mid single figures. perhaps even a touch of grass frost. first thing tuesday in the most sheltered spots, but actually plenty of sunny spells as well, particularly across southern parts of england into south wales, the midlands seeing some bright weather first thing temperatures rising fairly quickly through the morning as well. there'll be a lot of cloud , especially towards the north. 1 or 2 showers for northern ireland, northern england, but the most frequent showers by this stage will be across the north and the east of scotland, where the thickest cloud will be. and we're going to see this cool breeze continuing from the north. and as the morning continues, we'll see further showers crop up here and there. just about anywhere could get a shower, but the most frequent downpours will once again be across scotland. northern and

eastern england. fewer showers general compared to monday, but still quite a number of them towards the east. in the west, that's where the best of the sunshine will be. highs here of 17 or 18 celsius. then through tuesday evening those showers continue for a time, but actually overnight it turns mostly dry with clear spells as a ridge of high pressure builds in that will lead to a fine day on wednesday for many of us. doesn't last though. more rain to come on thursday, followed by showers on friday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

is, of course, manifesto week this week, time for people to put their money where their mouth is and tell us exactly what their plans are. what do you think, then? should be in each party's manifesto? let me ask you, do you think that these things are even worth the paper that they are printed on? do people actually even stick to their manifesto promises or not? and did you see what happened overin and did you see what happened over in europe when it comes to the election outcomes, i can tell you now, many people having an absolute meltdown over the rise of the right . apparently we rise of the right. apparently we should all be concerned about the far right, should all be concerned about the far right , the hard right, the far right, the hard right, and i've lost count of it all, quite frankly. are you really concerned today? what on earth is going on? what do you think should be the outcome going forward here in the uk? do you think that this stuff over in the euro in europe will affect us or not? and anyway, what even is far right these days? give me your thoughts on that. also, i want to stay. i want to talk to you about the state of our

water, faeces in our tap water, what